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Union Calendar No. 347 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4800 

[Report No. 113–468] 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 

Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 4, 2014 

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

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

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 

programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, 

and for other purposes. 


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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

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

7 September 30, 2015, and for other purposes, namely: 

8 TITLE I 

9 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

10 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING

11 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

14 $41,284,000, of which not to exceed $5,051,000 shall be 

15 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 

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

17 Tribal Relations; not to exceed $1,507,000 shall be avail18 able for the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency 

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

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

21 $26,115,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assist22 ant Secretary for Administration, of which $22,811,000 

23 shall be available for Departmental Administration to pro24 vide for necessary expenses for management support serv25 ices to offices of the Department and for general adminisVerDate Mar 15 2010 21:16 Jun 04, 2014 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4800.RH H4800

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

3 for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of 

4 the Department; not to exceed $3,869,000 shall be avail5 able for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congres6 sional Relations to carry out the programs funded by this 

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

9 exceed $5,535,000 shall be available for the Office of Com10 munications: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture 

11 is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office 

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

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

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

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

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

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

22 shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this 

23 Act for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings 

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

25 funds made available under this heading for the Office of 


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1 the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations may 

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

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

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

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

10 funds by USDA agency. 

11 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

12 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 

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

15 grants or cooperative agreements for policy research under 

16 7 U.S.C. 3155. 

17 NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

18 For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi19 sion, $13,317,000. 

20 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 

22 Program Analysis, $9,392,000. 

23 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In25 formation Officer, $45,025,000, of which not less than 


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1 $22,000,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the De2 partment. 

3 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

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

6 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

7 RIGHTS

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 

9 Secretary for Civil Rights, $898,000. 

10 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

12 $24,070,000. 

13 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

14 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu15 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 

16 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis17 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri18 culture under 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities 

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

20 alterations and other actions needed for the Department 

21 and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con22 figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of 

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1 able until expended, for building operations and mainte2 nance expenses: Provided, That the Secretary may use un3 obligated prior year balances of an agency or office that 

4 are no longer available for new obligation to cover short5 falls incurred in prior year rental payments for such agen6 cy or office. 

7 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri10 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

12 9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery 

13 Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $3,600,000, to remain avail14 able until expended: Provided, That appropriations and 

15 funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous 

16 Materials Management may be transferred to any agency 

17 of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements 

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

19 lands. 

20 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

22 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 

23 General Act of 1978, $97,020,000, including such sums 

24 as may be necessary for contracting and other arrange25 ments with public agencies and private persons pursuant 


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

2 and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain confiden3 tial operational expenses, including the payment of inform4 ants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector 

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

6 of Public Law 97–98. 

7 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

9 Counsel, $44,383,000. 

10 OFFICE OF ETHICS

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 

12 $3,440,000. 

13 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

14 EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

16 Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, 

17 $898,000. 

18 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

19 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 

20 Service, $85,784,000. 

21 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

22 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 

23 Statistics Service, $169,371,000, of which up to 

24 $47,842,000 shall be available until expended for the Cen25 sus of Agriculture: Provided, That amounts made available 


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1 for the Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct Cur2 rent Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 

3 2204g(d) and (f). 

4 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 

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

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

9 for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of 

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

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

12 total value of the land or interests transferred out of Fed13 eral ownership, $1,120,253,000: Provided, That appro14 priations hereunder shall be available for the operation 

15 and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to 

16 exceed one for replacement only: Provided further, That 

17 appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 

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

19 of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro20 vided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not 

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

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

23 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not 

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

25 building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent 


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1 of the current replacement value of the building or 

2 $375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the 

3 limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not 

4 apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities 

5 at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropria6 tions hereunder shall be available for granting easements 

7 at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided 

8 further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to 

9 replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of 

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

11 appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting 

12 easements at any Agricultural Research Service location 

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

14 entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricultural Re15 search Service and a condition of the easements shall be 

16 that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the 

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

18 Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in the 

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

20 may be received from any State, other political subdivi21 sion, organization, or individual for the purpose of estab22 lishing or operating any research facility or research 

23 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 

24 by law. 


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1 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

2 For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, im3 provement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed 

4 equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agri5 cultural research programs of the Department of Agri6 culture, where not otherwise provided, $155,000,000 to re7 main available until expended. 

8 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

9 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

10 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 

11 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 

12 for other expenses, $774,465,000, which shall be for the 

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

14 ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research 

15 and Education Activities’’ in the report accompanying this 

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

17 institutions, education grants for 1890 institutions, the 

18 agriculture and food research initiative, veterinary medi19 cine loan repayment, multicultural scholars, graduate fel20 lowship and institution challenge grants, and grants man21 agement systems shall remain available until expended: 

22 Provided further, That each institution eligible to receive 

23 funds under the Evans–Allen program receives no less 

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1 serving institutions be made available to individual eligible 

2 institutions or consortia of eligible institutions with funds 

3 awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Ha4 waii: Provided further, That funds for education grants for 

5 1890 institutions shall be made available to institutions 

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

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

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

9 out the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative under 

10 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) may be retained by the Secretary of Ag11 riculture to pay administrative costs incurred by the Sec12 retary in carrying out that authority. 

13 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

14 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

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

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

17 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

18 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

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

20 Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $467,339,000, 

21 which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, speci22 fied in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and 

23 Agriculture, Extension Activities’’ in the report accom24 panying this Act: Provided, That funds for facility im25 provements at 1890 institutions shall remain available 


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1 until expended: Provided further, That institutions eligible 

2 to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative ex3 tension receive no less than $1,000,000: Provided further, 

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

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

6 and section 208(c) of Public Law 93–471 shall be avail7 able for retirement and employees’ compensation costs for 

8 extension agents. 

9 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

10 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

11 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex12 penses, $32,000,000, which shall be for the purposes, and 

13 in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National In14 stitute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in 

15 the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds 

16 for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall re17 main available until September 30, 2016. 

18 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING

19 AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

21 Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 

22 $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 $867,505,000, 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 $156,500,000, 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 $47,417,000, to re3 main available until expended, shall be for tree and wood 

4 pests; of which $4,222,000, 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 2015, 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 $60,709,000 (from fees collected) shall 

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1 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 

2 or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may ex3 ceed 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 $20,056,000 

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, $43,722,000: 

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 $50,000,000 (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 $1,005,189,000; 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 2015 for purposes dedi17 cated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the 

18 Humane Methods of Slaughter Act: Provided further, That 

19 this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 

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

21 and improvements, but the cost of altering any one build22 ing during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of 

23 the current replacement value of the building. 


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1 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND

2 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

4 Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, 

5 $898,000. 

6 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 

10 $1,205,068,000: Provided, That the Secretary is author11 ized to use the services, facilities, and authorities (but not 

12 the funds) of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make 

13 program payments for all programs administered by the 

14 Agency: Provided further, That other funds made available 

15 to the Agency for authorized activities may be advanced 

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

17 funds made available to county committees shall remain 

18 available until expended. 

19 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

20 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul21 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101– 

22 5106), $3,404,000. 

23 GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

24 For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 

25 groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 


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

2 $2,500,000, to remain available until expended. 

3 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 

6 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 

7 products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as 

8 may be necessary, to remain available until expended: Pro9 vided, That such program is carried out by the Secretary 

10 in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program de11 scribed in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

12 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria13 tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A– 

14 12). 

15 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

16 ACCOUNT

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di19 rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et 

20 seq.) and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emer21 gency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land ac22 quisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), boll weevil loans (7 

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

24 1924 et seq.), and Indian highly fractionated land loans 

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1 tural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: $2,000,000,000 

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

3 for farm ownership direct loans; $1,393,443,000 for un4 subsidized guaranteed operating loans and 

5 $1,252,004,000 for direct operating loans; emergency 

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

7 $2,000,000; guaranteed conservation loans, 

8 $150,000,000; Indian highly fractionated land loans, 

9 $10,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication program 

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

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

12 of boll weevil eradication program loans. 

13 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and 

14 grants, including the cost of modifying loans as defined 

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

16 as follows: farm operating loans, $63,101,000 for direct 

17 operating loans, $14,770,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed 

18 operating loans, and emergency loans, $856,000, to re19 main available until expended. 

20 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

21 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

22 $314,918,000, of which $306,998,000 shall be transferred 

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

24 Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 


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1 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 

2 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, 

3 operating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed 

4 loans may be transferred among these programs: Pro5 vided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both 

6 Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in ad7 vance of any transfer. 

8 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Risk Management 

11 Agency, $77,094,000: Provided, That not to exceed 

12 $1,000 shall be available for official reception and rep13 resentation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 

14 CORPORATIONS 

15 The following corporations and agencies are hereby 

16 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 

17 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor18 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make 

19 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

20 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 

21 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 

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

23 fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here24 inafter provided. 


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1 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

2 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the 

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

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

5 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

6 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec9 essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 

10 net realized losses sustained, but not previously reim11 bursed, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 

12 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds 

13 available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under sec14 tion 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act 

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

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

17 transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural Serv18 ice for information resource management activities of the 

19 Foreign Agricultural Service that are not related to Com20 modity Credit Corporation business. 

21 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

22 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

23 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 

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

25 site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations 


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1 and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 

2 of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

4 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation 

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

6 TITLE II 

7 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 

8 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL

9 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

11 Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, 

12 $898,000. 

13 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

14 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

15 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi16 sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), 

17 including preparation of conservation plans and establish18 ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including 

19 farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas20 ures for soil and water management as may be necessary 

21 to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con22 trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva23 tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of 

24 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, 

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


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

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

3 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection or alter4 ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build5 ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 

6 $843,053,000, to remain available until September 30, 

7 2016: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be 

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

9 improvement of buildings and public improvements at 

10 plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations 

11 and improvements to other buildings and other public im12 provements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, 

13 That when buildings or other structures are erected on 

14 non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is ob15 tained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a. 

16 WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

17 Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed 

18 Protection and Flood Prevention Act, $25,000,000 is pro19 vided. 

20 TITLE III 

21 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

22 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

23 DEVELOPMENT

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

25 Secretary for Rural Development, $898,000. 


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1 RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

8 $224,201,000: Provided, That no less than $15,000,000 

9 shall be for the Comprehensive Loan Accounting System: 

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

12 be used for advertising and promotional activities that 

13 support the Rural Development mission area: Provided 

14 further, That any balances available from prior years for 

15 the Rural Utilities Service, Rural Housing Service, and 

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

18 this appropriation. 

19 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

20 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

25 rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $1,042,276,000 


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

2 unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $26,372,000 for section 

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

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

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

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

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

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

9 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

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

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

12 502 loans, $76,920,000 shall be for direct loans; section 

13 504 housing repair loans, $3,700,000; and repair, rehabili14 tation, and new construction of section 515 rental housing, 

15 $9,800,000: Provided, That to support the loan program 

16 level for section 538 guaranteed loans made available 

17 under this heading the Secretary may charge or adjust 

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

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

21 loans may not be subsidized: Provided further, That of the 

22 amounts available under this paragraph for section 502 

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

24 direct loans for individuals whose homes will be built pur25 suant to a program funded with a mutual and self-help 


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1 housing grant authorized by section 523 of the Housing 

2 Act of 1949 until June 1, 2015. 

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

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

5 $15,936,000, to remain available until expended, for direct 

6 farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 

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

10 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

11 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

12 $415,100,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

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

15 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

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

18 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 

19 payments for eligible households as authorized by section 

20 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, 

21 $1,088,500,000; and, in addition, such sums as may be 

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

23 liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry 

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

25 of the Act: Provided, That rental assistance agreements 


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1 entered into or renewed during the current fiscal year 

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

3 rental assistance contracts will not be renewed within the 

4 12-month contract period: Provided further, That any un5 expended balances remaining at the end of such 1-year 

6 agreements may be transferred and used for the purposes 

7 of any debt reduction; maintenance, repair, or rehabilita8 tion of any existing projects; preservation; and rental as9 sistance activities authorized under title V of the Act: Pro10 vided further, That rental assistance provided under agree11 ments entered into prior to fiscal year 2015 for a farm 

12 labor multi-family housing project financed under section 

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

14 another project until such assistance has remained unused 

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

16 a waiting list of tenants seeking such assistance or the 

17 project has rental assistance eligible tenants who are not 

18 receiving such assistance: Provided further, That such re19 captured rental assistance shall, to the extent practicable, 

20 be applied to another farm labor multi-family housing 

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

22 MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM

23 ACCOUNT

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1 withstanding subsection (b) of such section, and for addi2 tional costs to conduct a demonstration program for the 

3 preservation and revitalization of multi-family rental hous4 ing properties described in this paragraph, $28,000,000, 

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

6 funds made available under this heading, $8,000,000, 

7 shall be available for rural housing vouchers to any low8 income household (including those not receiving rental as9 sistance) residing in a property financed with a section 

10 515 loan which has been prepaid after September 30, 

11 2005: Provided further, That the amount of such voucher 

12 shall be the difference between comparable market rent 

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

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

15 vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual ap16 propriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 

17 to the maximum extent practicable, administer such 

18 vouchers with current regulations and administrative guid19 ance applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered 

20 by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban 

21 Development: Provided further, That if the Secretary de22 termines that the amount made available for vouchers in 

23 this or any other Act is not needed for vouchers, the Sec24 retary may use such funds for the demonstration program 

25 for the preservation and revitalization of multi-family 


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1 rental housing properties described in this paragraph: Pro2 vided further, That of the funds made available under this 

3 heading, $20,000,000 shall be available for a demonstra4 tion program for the preservation and revitalization of the 

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

6 properties to restructure existing USDA multi-family 

7 housing loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate, ex8 pressly for the purposes of ensuring the project has suffi9 cient resources to preserve the project for the purpose of 

10 providing safe and affordable housing for low-income resi11 dents and farm laborers including reducing or eliminating 

12 interest; deferring loan payments, subordinating, reducing 

13 or reamortizing loan debt; and other financial assistance 

14 including advances, payments and incentives (including 

15 the ability of owners to obtain reasonable returns on in16 vestment) required by the Secretary: Provided further, 

17 That the Secretary shall as part of the preservation and 

18 revitalization agreement obtain a restrictive use agreement 

19 consistent with the terms of the restructuring: Provided 

20 further, That if the Secretary determines that additional 

21 funds for vouchers described in this paragraph are needed, 

22 funds for the preservation and revitalization demonstra23 tion program may be used for such vouchers: Provided fur24 ther, That if Congress enacts legislation to permanently 

25 authorize a multi-family rental housing loan restructuring 


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1 program similar to the demonstration program described 

2 herein, the Secretary may use funds made available for 

3 the demonstration program under this heading to carry 

4 out such legislation with the prior approval of the Commit5 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro6 vided further, That in addition to any other available 

7 funds, the Secretary may expend not more than 

8 $1,000,000 total, from the program funds made available 

9 under this heading, for administrative expenses for activi10 ties funded under this heading. 

11 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

12 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 

13 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 

14 1490c), $30,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

15 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

16 For grants for very low-income housing repair made 

17 by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 

18 1474, $27,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

19 RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di22 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 

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

24 Farm and Rural Development Act, $2,200,000,000 for di25 rect loans and $73,222,000 for guaranteed loans. 


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1 For the cost of guaranteed loans, including the cost 

2 of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Con3 gressional Budget Act of 1974, $3,500,000, to remain 

4 available until expended. 

5 For the cost of grants for rural community facilities 

6 programs as authorized by section 306 and described in 

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

8 Development Act, $27,000,000, to remain available until 

9 expended: Provided, That $5,000,000 of the amount ap10 propriated under this heading shall be available for a 

11 Rural Community Development Initiative: Provided fur12 ther, That such funds shall be used solely to develop the 

13 capacity and ability of private, nonprofit community-based 

14 housing and community development organizations, low15 income rural communities, and Federally Recognized Na16 tive American Tribes to undertake projects to improve 

17 housing, community facilities, community and economic 

18 development projects in rural areas: Provided further, 

19 That such funds shall be made available to qualified pri20 vate, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations pro21 posing to carry out a program of financial and technical 

22 assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary orga23 nizations shall provide matching funds from other sources, 

24 including Federal funds for related activities, in an 

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1 That $5,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this 

2 heading shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural 

3 communities with extreme unemployment and severe eco4 nomic depression (Public Law 106–387), with up to 5 per5 cent for administration and capacity building in the State 

6 rural development offices: Provided further, That 

7 $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head8 ing shall be available for community facilities grants to 

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

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

11 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are 

12 not applicable to the funds made available under this 

13 heading. 

14 RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE

15 RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

18 rural business development programs authorized by sec19 tion 310B and described in section 310B (a), (c), and (g) 

20 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 

21 $65,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro22 vided, That of the amount appropriated under this head23 ing, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made available for 

24 one grant to a qualified national organization to provide 

25 technical assistance for rural transportation in order to 


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1 promote economic development: Provided further, That 

2 $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head3 ing shall be for business grants to benefit Federally Recog4 nized Native American Tribes, including $250,000 for a 

5 grant to a qualified national organization to provide tech6 nical assistance for rural transportation in order to pro7 mote economic development: Provided further, That for 

8 purposes of determining eligibility or level of program as9 sistance the Secretary shall not include incarcerated pris10 on populations: Provided further, That sections 381E–H 

11 and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop12 ment Act are not applicable to funds made available under 

13 this heading. 

14 INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author17 ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac18 count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), $16,234,000. 

19 For the cost of direct loans, $5,000,000, as author20 ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac21 count (7 U.S.C 1936b), of which $531,000 shall be avail22 able through June 30, 2015, for Federally Recognized Na23 tive American Tribes; and of which $1,021,000 shall be 

24 available through June 30, 2015, for Mississippi Delta Re25 gion counties (as determined in accordance with Public 


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

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

3 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

4 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

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

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

8 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

9 ACCOUNT

10 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

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

13 for the purpose of promoting rural economic development 

14 and job creation projects, $59,456,000. 

15 Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of 

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

17 Electrification Act of 1936, $155,000,000 shall not be ob18 ligated and $155,000,000 are rescinded. 

19 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

20 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 

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

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

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

24 the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro25 gram: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be 


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1 for grants for cooperative development centers, individual 

2 cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve socially 

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

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

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

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

10 U.S.C. 1632a). 

11 RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM

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

13 the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 

14 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 

15 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $3,500,000: Provided, That the 

16 cost of loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying 

17 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con18 gressional Budget Act of 1974. 

19 RURAL BUSINESS INVESTMENT PROGRAM ACCOUNT

20 For loans for the rural business investment program, 

21 as authorized by section 384F(b)(3)(A) of the Consoli22 dated Farm and Rural Development Act, $4,000,000, to 

23 remain available until expended. 


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1 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

2 RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

9 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop10 ment Act, $466,893,000, to remain available until ex11 pended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be avail12 able for the rural utilities program described in section 

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

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

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

16 $66,500,000 of the amount appropriated under this head17 ing shall be for loans and grants including water and 

18 waste disposal systems grants authorized by 

19 306C(a)(2)(B) and 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 

20 Rural Development Act, Federally recognized Native 

21 American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1), and the De22 partment of Hawaiian Home Lands (of the State of Ha23 waii): Provided further, That funding provided for section 

24 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

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

2 not more than 2 percent of the funding provided for sec3 tion 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop4 ment Act may be used by the State of Alaska for training 

5 and technical assistance programs and not more than 2 

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

7 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may be 

8 used by a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of 

9 Public Law 105–83 for training and technical assistance 

10 programs: Provided further, That not to exceed 

11 $19,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head12 ing shall be for technical assistance grants for rural water 

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

14 Act, unless the Secretary makes a determination of ex15 treme need, of which $6,000,000 shall be made available 

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

17 technical assistance organization, with experience in work18 ing with small communities on water and waste water 

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

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

21 in improving the planning, financing, development, oper22 ation, and management of water and waste water systems, 

23 and of which not less than $800,000 shall be for a quali24 fied national Native American organization to provide 

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1 munities: Provided further, That not to exceed 

2 $15,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head3 ing shall be for contracting with qualified national organi4 zations for a circuit rider program to provide technical as5 sistance for rural water systems: Provided further, That 

6 not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be for solid waste manage7 ment grants: Provided further, That any prior year bal8 ances for high-energy cost grants authorized by section 19 

9 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a) 

10 shall be transferred to and merged with the Rural Utilities 

11 Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account: Provided fur12 ther, That sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated 

13 Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to 

14 the funds made available under this heading. 

15 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

16 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans 

19 as authorized by sections 305 and 306 of the Rural Elec20 trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936) shall be 

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

22 that Act, rural electric, $5,000,000,000; guaranteed un23 derwriting loans pursuant to section 313A, $500,000,000; 

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1 ant to section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications 

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

3 $2,000,000,000 shall be used for the construction, acquisi4 tion, or improvement of fossil-fueled electric generating 

5 plants (whether new or existing) that utilize carbon se6 questration systems. 

7 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

8 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

9 $34,478,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 

10 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 

11 and Expenses’’. 

12 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND

13 PROGRAM

14 For the principal amount of broadband telecommuni15 cation loans, $24,077,000. 

16 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 

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

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

19 For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by 

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

21 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

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

23 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

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

25 expended, for a grant program to finance broadband 


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1 transmission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning 

2 and Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7 

3 U.S.C. 950aaa. 

4 TITLE IV 

5 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

6 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 

7 NUTRITION, AND CONSUMER SERVICES

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

9 Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, 

10 $816,000. 

11 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

12 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 

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

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

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

18 21; $20,523,795,000 to remain available through Sep19 tember 30, 2016, of which such sums as are made avail20 able under section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, 

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

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

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

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

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1 trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): Provided 

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

3 shall be available to provide competitive grants to State 

4 agencies for subgrants to local educational agencies and 

5 schools to purchase the equipment needed to serve 

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

7 the establishment, maintenance, or expansion of the school 

8 breakfast program: Provided further, That of the total 

9 amount available, $27,000,000 shall remain available until 

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

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

12 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

13 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup15 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 

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

17 $6,623,000,000, to remain available through September 

18 30, 2016: Provided, That notwithstanding section 

19 17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 

20 1786(h)(10)), not less than $60,000,000 shall be used for 

21 breastfeeding peer counselors and other related activities, 

22 $14,000,000 shall be used for infrastructure, $30,000,000 

23 shall be used for management information systems, and 

24 $25,000,000 shall be used for WIC electronic benefit 

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1 none of the funds provided in this account shall be avail2 able for the purchase of infant formula except in accord3 ance with the cost containment and competitive bidding 

4 requirements specified in section 17 of such Act: Provided 

5 further, That none of the funds provided shall be available 

6 for activities that are not fully reimbursed by other Fed7 eral Government departments or agencies unless author8 ized by section 17 of such Act: Provided further, That 

9 upon termination of a federally-mandated vendor morato10 rium and subject to terms and conditions established by 

11 the Secretary, the Secretary may waive the requirement 

12 at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the request of a State agency. 

13 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and 

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

16 $82,251,138,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain 

17 available through September 30, 2016, shall be placed in 

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

19 as may become necessary to carry out program operations: 

20 Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended 

21 in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition 

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

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

24 provide nutrition education services to State agencies and 

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1 tribution Program on Indian Reservations: Provided fur2 ther, That this appropriation shall be subject to any work 

3 registration or workfare requirements as may be required 

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

5 Employment and Training under this heading shall re6 main available through September 30, 2016: Provided fur7 ther, That funds made available under this heading for 

8 a study on Indian tribal administration of nutrition pro9 grams, as provided in title IV of the Agricultural Act of 

10 2014 (Public Law 113–79), and a study of the removal 

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

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

13 be available until expended: Provided further, That funds 

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

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

16 remain available through September 30, 2016: Provided 

17 further, That funds made available under this heading for 

18 employment and training pilot projects, as provided in title 

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

20 shall remain available through September 30, 2018: Pro21 vided further, That funds made available under this head22 ing may be used to enter into contracts and employ staff 

23 to conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct activities re24 lated to program integrity provided that such activities are 

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1 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

2 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist3 ance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as 

4 authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con5 sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 

6 Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist7 ance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by sec8 tion 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amend9 ments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farm10 ers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 

11 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $275,701,000, 

12 to remain available through September 30, 2016: Pro13 vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim14 burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 

15 donated to the program: Provided further, That notwith16 standing any other provision of law, effective with funds 

17 made available in fiscal year 2015 to support the Seniors 

18 Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 

19 section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 

20 Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available through 

21 September 30, 2016: Provided further, That of the funds 

22 made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutri23 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may 

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1 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

2 For necessary administrative expenses of the Food 

3 and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutri4 tion assistance program, $150,824,000: Provided, That of 

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

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

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

8 TITLE V 

9 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED 

10 PROGRAMS 

11 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 

15 Service, including not to exceed $158,000 for representa16 tion allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of 

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

18 $182,563,000: Provided, That the Service may utilize ad19 vances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation for ex20 penditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and 

21 private organizations and institutions under agreements 

22 executed pursuant to the agricultural food production as23 sistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assist24 ance programs of the United States Agency for Inter25 national Development: Provided further, That funds made 


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1 available for middle-income country training programs, 

2 funds made available for the Borlaug International Agri3 cultural Science and Technology Fellowship program, and 

4 up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service ap5 propriation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations 

6 in international currency exchange rates, subject to docu7 mentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall re8 main available until expended. 

9 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD

10 FOR PROGRESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

11 (INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For administrative expenses to carry out the credit 

13 program of title I of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 

14 1701 et seq.) and the Food for Progress Act of 1985 (7 

15 U.S.C. 1736o), $2,528,000 shall be transferred to and 

16 merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, 

17 Salaries and Expenses’’: Provided, That of the unobligated 

18 balances provided pursuant to title I of the Food for Peace 

19 Act, $13,000,000 are rescinded: Provided further, That no 

20 amounts may be rescinded pursuant to the previous pro21 viso from amounts that were designated by the Congress 

22 as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 

23 resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 

24 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS

2 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth3 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in4 cluding interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act 

5 (Public Law 83–480), for commodities supplied in connec6 tion with dispositions abroad under title II of said Act, 

7 $1,466,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro8 vided, That, for fiscal year 2015, the amount made avail9 able pursuant to section 412(e)(2) of the Food for Peace 

10 Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f(e)(2)) to carry out nonemergency 

11 food assistance programs under title II of such Act shall 

12 be $375,000,000. 

13 MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION

14 AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

15 For necessary expenses to carry out section 3107 of 

16 the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 

17 U.S. C. 1736o–1), $198,126,000, to remain available until 

18 expended: Provided, That the Commodity Credit Corpora19 tion is authorized to provide the services, facilities, and 

20 authorities for the purpose of implementing such section, 

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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 AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG 

17 ADMINISTRATION 

18 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

19 SERVICES 

20 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad23 ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger 

24 motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 

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1 activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 

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

3 in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; for miscellaneous 

4 and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, author5 ized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted 

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

7 $25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of Public Law 

8 107–188; $4,442,048,000: Provided, That of the amount 

9 provided under this heading, $798,000,000 shall be de10 rived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 

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

12 remain available until expended; $128,282,000 shall be de13 rived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 

14 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this account and re15 main available until expended; $312,116,000 shall be de16 rived from human generic drug user fees authorized by 

17 21 U.S.C. 379j–42, and shall be credited to this account 

18 and remain available until expended; $21,014,000 shall be 

19 derived from biosimilar biological product user fees au20 thorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–52, and shall be credited to 

21 this account and remain available until expended; 

22 $22,464,000 shall be derived from animal drug user fees 

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

24 to this account and remain available until expended; 

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1 fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–21, and shall be cred2 ited to this account and remain available until expended; 

3 $566,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco product user 

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

5 to this account and remain available until expended; 

6 $1,434,000 shall be derived from food and feed recall fees 

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

8 to this account and remain available until expended; 

9 $6,414,000 shall be derived from food reinspection fees 

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

11 to this account and remain available until expended; and 

12 $5,300,000 shall be derived from voluntary qualified im13 porter program fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, and 

14 shall be credited to this account and remain available until 

15 expended: Provided further, That in addition and notwith16 standing any other provision under this heading, amounts 

17 collected for prescription drug user fees, medical device 

18 user fees, human generic drug user fees, biosimilar biologi19 cal product user fees, animal drug user fees, and animal 

20 generic drug user fees that exceed the respective fiscal 

21 year 2015 limitations are appropriated and shall be cred22 ited to this account and remain available until expended: 

23 Provided further, That fees derived from prescription drug, 

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1 ments for fiscal year 2015, including any such fees col2 lected prior to fiscal year 2015 but credited for fiscal year 

3 2015, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2015 limitations: 

4 Provided further, That the Secretary may accept payment 

5 during fiscal year 2015 of user fees specified under this 

6 heading and authorized for fiscal year 2016, prior to the 

7 due date for such fees, and that amounts of such fees as8 sessed for fiscal year 2016 for which the Secretary accepts 

9 payment in fiscal year 2015 shall not be included in 

10 amounts under this heading: Provided further, That none 

11 of these funds shall be used to develop, establish, or oper12 ate any program of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 

13 9701: Provided further, That of the total amount appro14 priated: (1) $913,784,000 shall be for the Center for Food 

15 Safety and Applied Nutrition and related field activities 

16 in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $1,326,402,000 

17 shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research 

18 and related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Af19 fairs; (3) $344,267,000 shall be for the Center for Bio20 logics Evaluation and Research and for related field activi21 ties in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $171,783,000 

22 shall be for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for 

23 related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; 

24 (5) $420,548,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and 

25 Radiological Health and for related field activities in the 


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1 Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $62,494,000 shall be for 

2 the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 

3 $531,527,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Prod4 ucts and for related field activities in the Office of Regu5 latory Affairs; (8) not to exceed $163,471,000 shall be for 

6 Rent and Related activities, of which $47,116,000 is for 

7 White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to 

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

9 exceed $228,839,000 shall be for payments to the General 

10 Services Administration for rent; and (10) $278,933,000 

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

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

13 Veterinary Medicine, the Office of Medical and Tobacco 

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

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

16 central services for these offices: Provided further, That 

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

18 reception and representation expenses, not otherwise pro19 vided for, as determined by the Commissioner: Provided 

20 further, That any transfer of funds pursuant to section 

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

22 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only be from amounts made avail23 able under this heading for other activities: Provided fur24 ther, That funds may be transferred from one specified 


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1 activity to another with the prior approval of the Commit2 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

3 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 

4 42 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized 

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

6 21 U.S.C. 360n, outsourcing facility fees authorized by 21 

7 U.S.C. 379j–62, prescription drug wholesale distributor li8 censing and inspection fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

9 353(e)(3), and third-party logistics provider licensing and 

10 inspection fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360eee–3(c)(1), 

11 may be credited to this account, to remain available until 

12 expended. 

13 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

14 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten15 sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili16 ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, 

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

18 available until expended. 

19 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

20 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

22 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in23 cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

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

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1 including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and 

2 representation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the 

3 expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the 

4 Commission with foreign governmental and other regu5 latory officials, of which $52,578,000, shall be for the pur6 chase of information technology until September 30, 2016, 

7 and of which not less than $1,885,000 shall be for the 

8 Office of the Inspector General: Provided, That the Chair9 man of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission shall 

10 develop and report to the Committees of jurisdiction of 

11 both Houses of Congress within 30 days after the date 

12 of the enactment of this Act, a schedule of implementation 

13 and sequencing of all rules, regulations, and orders under 

14 section 716 or 722(d) of Public Law 111–203, section 

15 1a(49)(D) or 4m of the Commodity Exchange Act, or any 

16 of the amendments made by section 737 of Public Law 

17 111–203, including all Commission cost benefit analyses 

18 and studies relied upon in the formulation of any regula19 tions issued in implementing any of such sections or 

20 amendments. 

21 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

22 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

23 Not to exceed $54,000,000 (from assessments col24 lected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal 

25 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 


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1 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 

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

3 limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re4 ceiverships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed 

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

6 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con7 gress. 

8 TITLE VII 

9 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

10 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

12 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart13 ment of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this 

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

15 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 71 passenger 

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

17 and for the hire of such vehicles: Provided, That notwith18 standing this section, the only purchase of new passenger 

19 vehicles shall be for those determined by the Secretary to 

20 be necessary for transportation safety, to reduce oper21 ational costs, and for the protection of life, property, and 

22 public safety. 

23 SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

24 this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobli25 gated balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this 


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1 Act or any other available unobligated discretionary bal2 ances that are remaining available of the Department of 

3 Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisi4 tion of plant and capital equipment necessary for the deliv5 ery of financial, administrative, and information tech6 nology services of primary benefit to the agencies of the 

7 Department of Agriculture, such transferred funds to re8 main available until expended: Provided, That none of the 

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

10 be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the 

11 prior approval of the agency administrator: Provided fur12 ther, That none of the funds transferred to the Working 

13 Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be available 

14 for obligation without written notification to and the prior 

15 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

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

17 funds appropriated by this Act or made available to the 

18 Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available for 

19 obligation or expenditure to make any changes to the De20 partment’s National Finance Center without written noti21 fication to and prior approval of the Committees on Ap22 propriations of both Houses of Congress as required by 

23 section 720 of this Act: Provided further, That of annual 

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1 nance Center, the Secretary may reserve not more than 

2 4 percent for the replacement or acquisition of capital 

3 equipment, including equipment for the improvement and 

4 implementation of a financial management plan, informa5 tion technology, and other systems of the National Fi6 nance Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary cost 

7 of the National Finance Center: Provided further, That 

8 none of the amounts reserved shall be available for obliga9 tion unless the Secretary submits written notification of 

10 the obligation to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

11 House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur12 ther, That the limitation on the obligation of funds pend13 ing notification to Congressional Committees shall not 

14 apply to any obligation that, as determined by the Sec15 retary, is necessary to respond to a declared state of emer16 gency that significantly impacts the operations of the Na17 tional Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of the Na18 tional Finance Center to a safe haven to continue oper19 ations of the National Finance Center. 

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

21 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

22 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

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

24 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 

25 agreements or similar arrangements between the United 


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1 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu2 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 

3 the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar4 rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 

5 between the two parties. This does not preclude appro6 priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 

7 with such institutions when such indirect costs are com8 puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro9 priations are provided in this Act. 

10 SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agri11 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 

12 available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 

13 until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 

14 fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop15 ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica16 tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 

17 the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 

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

19 Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac20 quire new information technology systems or significant 

21 upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor22 mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa23 tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa24 tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 

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1 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 

2 Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa3 tion Officer without written notification to and the prior 

4 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

5 Houses of Congress. 

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

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

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

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

10 available until expended to disburse obligations made in 

11 the current fiscal year. 

12 SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

14 an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural 

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

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

17 such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section 

18 313(b)(2)(B) of such Act in the same manner as a bor19 rower under such Act. 

20 SEC. 709. Of the unobligated balances provided pur21 suant to section 12033 and section 15101 of the Food, 

22 Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, $125,000,000 are 

23 rescinded. 

24 SEC. 710. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

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1 available for salaries and expenses in this Act for the 

2 Farm Service Agency and the Rural Development mission 

3 area, shall remain available through September 30, 2016, 

4 for information technology expenses. 

5 SEC. 711. The Secretary of Agriculture may author6 ize a State agency to use funds provided in this Act to 

7 exceed the maximum amount of liquid infant formula 

8 specified in 7 CFR 246.10 when issuing liquid infant for9 mula to participants. 

10 SEC. 712. None of the funds appropriated or other11 wise made available by this Act may be used for first-class 

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

13 contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 

14 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

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

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

17 113–79), other than by title I or subtitle A of title III 

18 of such Act, or programs for which indefinite amounts 

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

20 to be carried out using funds of the Commodity Credit 

21 Corporation— 

22 (1) such funds shall be available for salaries 

23 and related administrative expenses, including tech24 nical assistance, associated with the implementation 

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1 the total amount of allotments and fund transfers 

2 contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit 

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

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

5 not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment 

6 for purposes of applying the limitation on the total 

7 amount of allotments and fund transfers contained 

8 in such section. 

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

10 year 2015 or preceding fiscal years for programs author11 ized under the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) 

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

13 Commodity Credit Corporation for the release of eligible 

14 commodities under section 302(f)(2)(A) of the Bill Emer15 son Humanitarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f–1): Pro16 vided, That any such funds made available to reimburse 

17 the Commodity Credit Corporation shall only be used pur18 suant to section 302(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Bill Emerson Hu19 manitarian Trust Act. 

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

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

22 expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 

23 panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 

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1 tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi2 tively awarded grants. 

3 SEC. 716. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail4 able to pay indirect costs charged against any agricultural 

5 research, education, or extension grant awards issued by 

6 the National Institute of Food and Agriculture that exceed 

7 30 percent of total Federal funds provided under each 

8 award: Provided, That notwithstanding section 1462 of 

9 the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 

10 Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3310), funds pro11 vided by this Act for grants awarded competitively by the 

12 National Institute of Food and Agriculture shall be avail13 able to pay full allowable indirect costs for each grant 

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

15 U.S.C. 638). 

16 SEC. 717. None of the funds appropriated or other17 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

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

19 the following: 

20 (1) The Watershed Rehabilitation program au21 thorized by section 14(h)(1) of the Watershed and 

22 Flood Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)) in ex23 cess of $92,000,000. 

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 3829aa–8) in excess of $1,391,000,000. 

3 (3) The Agricultural Conservation Easement 

4 Program established under subtitle H of title XII of 

5 the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3685 et 

6 seq.) in excess of $365,000,000. 

7 (4) The Conservation Stewardship Program as 

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

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

10 excess of $1,166,000,000. 

11 (5) The Biomass Crop Assistance Program au12 thorized by section 9011 of the Farm Security and 

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

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

15 (6) The Rural Energy for America Program as 

16 authorized by section 9007 of the Farm Security 

17 and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107) 

18 in excess of $30,000,000. 

19 (7) The Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical and 

20 Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance pro21 gram as authorized by section 9003 of the Farm Se22 curity and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 

23 8103) in excess of $22,000,000. 

24 SEC. 718. None of the funds appropriated or other25 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 


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

2 a program under subsection (b)(2)(A)(vii) of section 

3 14222 of Public Law 110–246 in excess of $959,000,000, 

4 as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement Com5 modities—$465,000,000; State Option Contracts— 

6 $5,000,000; Removal of Defective Commodities— 

7 $2,500,000: Provided, That none of the funds made avail8 able in this Act or any other Act shall be used for salaries 

9 and expenses to carry out in this fiscal year section 

10 19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard B. Russell National School 

11 Lunch Act, except in an amount that excludes the transfer 

12 of $122,000,000 of the funds to be transferred under sub13 section (c) of section 14222 of Public Law 110–246, until 

14 October 1, 2015: Provided further, That $122,000,000 

15 made available on October 1, 2015, to carry out section 

16 19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard B. Russell National School 

17 Lunch Act, as amended, shall be excluded from the limita18 tion described in subsection (b)(2)(A)(viii) of section 

19 14222 of Public Law 110–246: Provided further, That 

20 none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail21 able by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 

22 salaries or expenses of any employee of the Department 

23 of Agriculture or officer of the Commodity Credit Corpora24 tion to carry out clause 3 of section 32 of the Agricultural 

25 Adjustment Act of 1935 (Public Law 74–320, 7 U.S.C. 


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1 612c, as amended), or for any surplus removal activities 

2 or price support activities under section 5 of the Com3 modity Credit Corporation Charter Act: Provided further, 

4 That of the available unobligated balances under 

5 (b)(2)(A)(vii) of section 14222 of Public Law 110–246, 

6 $203,000,000 are rescinded. 

7 SEC. 719. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

8 any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex9 penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 

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

11 the Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the 

12 Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural De13 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

14 Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction 

15 from the previous year due to user fees proposals that 

16 have not been enacted into law prior to the submission 

17 of the budget unless such budget submission identifies 

18 which additional spending reductions should occur in the 

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

20 date of the convening of a committee of conference for 

21 the fiscal year 2016 appropriations Act. 

22 SEC. 720. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 

23 or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agen24 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 

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


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1 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 

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

3 available for obligation or expenditure through a re4 programming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as au5 thorized by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Depart6 ment of Agriculture, through use of the authority provided 

7 by section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Or8 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public 

9 Law 89–106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 

10 (1) creates new programs; 

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

12 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

13 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

14 denied or restricted; 

15 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

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

17 or 

18 (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

19 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

20 unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 

21 Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com22 modity Futures Trading Commission (as the case may be) 

23 notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropriations of 

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


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1 the reprogramming of such funds or the use of such au2 thority. 

3 (b) 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 obligation or expenditure for activities, pro10 grams, or projects through a reprogramming or use of the 

11 authorities referred to in subsection (a) involving funds 

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

13 that— 

14 (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac15 tivities; 

16 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist17 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per18 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

19 (3) results from any general savings from a re20 duction in personnel which would result in a change 

21 in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap22 proved by Congress; unless the Secretary of Agri23 culture, the Secretary of Health and Human Serv24 ices, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures 

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


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1 in writing, the Committees on Appropriations of 

2 both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance 

3 of the reprogramming or transfer of such funds or 

4 the use of such authority. 

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

6 Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com7 modity Futures Trading Commission shall notify in writ8 ing the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

9 Congress before implementing any program or activity not 

10 carried out during the previous fiscal year unless the pro11 gram or activity is funded by this Act or specifically fund12 ed by any other Act. 

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

14 for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the 

15 Secretary of Health and Human Services or the Chairman 

16 of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission receives 

17 from the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of 

18 Congress written or electronic mail confirmation of receipt 

19 of the notification as required in this section. 

20 SEC. 721. Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the 

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

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

23 any guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount 

24 that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal 

25 portion of the loan. 


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1 SEC. 722. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available to the Department of Agriculture, the 

3 Food and Drug Administration, the Commodity Futures 

4 Trading Commission, or the Farm Credit Administration 

5 shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available to 

6 any non-Department of Agriculture, non-Department of 

7 Health and Human Services, non-Commodity Futures 

8 Trading Commission, or non-Farm Credit Administration 

9 employee questions or responses to questions that are a 

10 result of information requested for the appropriations 

11 hearing process. 

12 SEC. 723. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

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

14 by an executive branch agency to produce any pre15 packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 

16 in the United States unless the story includes a clear noti17 fication within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 

18 story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 

19 funded by that executive branch agency. 

20 SEC. 724. No employee of the Department of Agri21 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 

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

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

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


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1 reimbursed by the receiving agency or office for the salary 

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

3 SEC. 725. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of per5 sonnel who provide nonrecourse marketing assistance 

6 loans for mohair under section 1201 of the Agricultural 

7 Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79). 

8 SEC. 726. Not later than 30 days after the date of 

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

10 Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, the 

11 Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission 

12 and the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration 

13 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

14 House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed spend15 ing plan by program, project, and activity for all the funds 

16 made available under this Act including appropriated user 

17 fees. 

18 SEC. 727. Funds made available under title II of the 

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

20 used to provide assistance to recipient nations if adequate 

21 monitoring and controls, as determined by the Adminis22 trator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, 

23 are in place to ensure that emergency food aid is received 

24 by the intended beneficiaries in areas affected by food 


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1 shortages and not diverted for unauthorized or inappro2 priate purposes. 

3 SEC. 728. The Secretary shall continue the pilot pro4 gram in effect for fiscal year 2013 for packaging and re5 viewing section 502 single family direct loans. The Sec6 retary shall continue agreements with current inter7 mediary organizations and not later than 90 days after 

8 enactment of this Act enter into additional agreements 

9 that increase the number of participating intermediary or10 ganizations to not less than 10. The Secretary shall work 

11 with these organizations to increase the effectiveness of 

12 the section 502 single family direct loan program in rural 

13 comnmunities and shall set aside and make available from 

14 the national reserve section 502 loans an amount nec15 essary to support the work of such intermediaries and pro16 vide a priority for review of such loans. 

17 SEC. 729. For loans and loan guarantees that do not 

18 require budget authority and the program level has been 

19 established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 

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

22 to the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Sec23 retary notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropria24 tions of both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in ad25 vance. 


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

2 or any other Act may be used to write, prepare, or publish 

3 a final rule or an interim final rule in furtherance of, or 

4 otherwise to implement or enforce the proposed rule enti5 tled ‘‘Implementation of Regulations Required Under Title 

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

7 Conduct in Violation of the Act’’ published by the Depart8 ment of Agriculture in the Federal Register on June 22, 

9 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 35338 et seq.) unless the combined 

10 annual cost to the economy of such rules does not exceed 

11 $100,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds made 

12 available by this or any other Act may be used to publish 

13 a final or interim final rule in furtherance of, or otherwise 

14 to implement, sections 201.2(l), 201.2(t), 201.2(u), 

15 201.3(c), 201.210, 201.211, 201.213, or 201.214, as pro16 posed to be added to title 9 of the Code of Federal Regula17 tions, by such proposed rule: Provided further, That none 

18 of the funds made available by this or any other Act may 

19 be used to implement, enforce, or to take regulatory action 

20 other than rescission or repeal based on, or in furtherance 

21 of, 201.2(o), 201.3(a), or 201.215(a), of title 9 of the 

22 Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of 

23 the enactment of this Act), or to write, prepare, or publish 

24 a final or interim final rule in furtherance of, or otherwise 

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1 sections: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agri2 culture shall, within 60 days after the date of enactment 

3 of this Act, rescind sections 201.2(o), 201.3(a), and 

4 201.215(a), of title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations 

5 (as in effect on such date). 

6 SEC. 731. None of the credit card refunds or rebates 

7 transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to sec8 tion 729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

9 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria10 tions Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107–76) 

11 shall be available for obligation without written notifica12 tion to, and the prior approval of, the Committees on Ap13 propriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That 

14 the refunds or rebates so transferred shall be available for 

15 obligation only for the acquisition of plant and capital 

16 equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, adminis17 trative, and information technology services of primary 

18 benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture. 

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

20 Act may be used for a project or program named for an 

21 individual serving as a Member, Delegate, or Resident 

22 Commissioner of the United States House of Representa23 tives. 

24 SEC. 733. For the 2014 fiscal year and each fiscal 

25 year thereafter, losses under section 1501 of Public Law 


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1 113–79 shall not be considered the same loss for the pur2 poses of 7 U.S.C. 7333(i)(3) and 7 U.S.C. 1508(n). 

3 SEC. 734. Of the funds made available to the Food 

4 and Drug Administration, Salaries and Expenses, Office 

5 of the Commissioner, $20,000,000 shall not be available 

6 for obligation until the Food and Drug Administration fi7 nalizes the draft guidance of January 2013 entitled 

8 ‘‘Guidance for Industry: Abuse-Deterrent Opioids- Eval9 uation and Labeling’’: Provided, That if the Food and 

10 Drug Administration fails to finalize such guidance by 

11 June 30, 2015, such funds shall be made available for obli12 gation to the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of 

13 Criminal Investigation for the purpose of assisting Fed14 eral, state, and local agencies to combat the diversion and 

15 illegal sales of controlled substances. 

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

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

18 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

19 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to any cor20 poration that was convicted of a felony criminal violation 

21 under any Federal law within the 24 months preceding 

22 the date of enactment of this Act, where the awarding 

23 agency is aware of the conviction, unless a Federal agency 

24 has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation 


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1 and made a determination that this further action is not 

2 necessary to protect the interests of the Government. 

3 SEC. 736. None of the funds made available by this 

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

5 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

6 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor7 poration that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has 

8 been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative 

9 remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that 

10 is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agree11 ment with the authority responsible for collecting the tax 

12 liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid 

13 tax liability, unless a Federal agency has considered sus14 pension or debarment of the corporation and made a de15 termination that this further action is not necessary to 

16 protect the interests of the Government. 

17 SEC. 737. 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 section 307(b) of division C of the Omnibus Consolidated 

21 and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 

22 (Public Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–640) in excess of 

23 $4,000,000. 

24 SEC. 738. None of the funds made available by this 

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1 any variety of fresh, whole, or cut vegetables, except for 

2 vegetables with added sugars, fats, or oils, from being pro3 vided as supplemental foods under the special supple4 mental nutrition program for women, infants, and children 

5 under section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 

6 U.S.C. 1786). 

7 SEC. 739. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

8 law, not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 

9 of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall establish 

10 a process by which a State shall grant a waiver from com11 pliance with the final regulations published by the Depart12 ment of Agriculture in the Federal Register on January 

13 26, 2012 (77 Fed. Reg. 4088 et seq.) for the 2014-15 

14 school year to any school food authority located in the 

15 State that verifies a net loss from operating a food service 

16 program for a period of at least 6 months that begins on 

17 or after July 1, 2013. 

18 SEC. 740. It is the sense of Congress that Congress— 

19 (1) celebrates May 8, 2014, as the 100th anni20 versary of the enactment of the Smith-Lever Act 

21 and recognizes the significance of the establishment 

22 of a nationwide Cooperative Extension System; 

23 (2) encourages the people of the United States 

24 to observe and celebrate the centennial with a focus 


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1 on launching an innovative and sustainable future 

2 for the Cooperative Extension System; 

3 (3) honors the university faculty and local edu4 cators who dedicate careers to providing trusted edu5 cational programs to help people, families, youth, 

6 businesses, and communities solve problems, develop 

7 skills, and build a better future; 

8 (4) thanks the volunteers who provide thou9 sands of hours to promote excellence for 4–H Clubs, 

10 the Master Gardeners program, the Family and 

11 Consumer Sciences program, and other programs of 

12 the Cooperative Extension System in their commu13 nities; 

14 (5) encourages continued collaboration and co15 operation among Federal, State, and local govern16 ments to assure the sustainability of the Cooperative 

17 Extension System as the premiere non-formal edu18 cational network in the United States; and 

19 (6) celebrates millions of youth, adults, families, 

20 farmers, ranchers, community leaders, and others 

21 who engage in cooperative extension learning oppor22 tunities designed to extend knowledge and change 

23 lives. 


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1 SEC. 741. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per3 sonnel to— 

4 (1) inspect horses under section 3 of the Fed5 eral Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 

6 (2) inspect horses under section 903 of the 

7 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 

8 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 

9 (3) implement or enforce section 352.19 of title 

10 9, Code of Federal Regulations. 

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

12 Act may be used to procure processed poultry products 

13 imported into the United States from the People’s Repub14 lic of China for use in the school lunch program under 

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

16 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child and Adult Food Care Pro17 gram under section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766), the 

18 Summer Food Service Program for Children under section 

19 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or the school breakfast 

20 program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 

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

22 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

23 SEC. 743. The amount by which the applicable alloca24 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

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

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

5 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 347 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4800 

[Report No. 113–468] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Deposes. ending September 30, 2015, and for other pur- Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and 

JUNE 4, 2014 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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