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Calendar No. 390 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2389 

[Report No. 113–164] 

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 22, 2014 

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

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

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 

programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, 

and for other purposes. 

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag5 riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra6 tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
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1 ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes, 

2 namely: 

3 TITLE I 

4 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

5 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND MARKETING

6 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

9 $46,466,000, of which not to exceed $5,086,000 shall be 

10 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 

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

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

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

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

16 $26,120,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assist17 ant Secretary for Administration, of which $25,311,000 

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

23 for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of 

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

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

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

6 is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office 

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

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

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

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

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

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

17 shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this 

18 Act for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings 

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

20 funds made available under this heading for the Office of 

21 Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations may be 

22 transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture 

23 funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency 

24 level: Provided further, That no funds made available 

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

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

3 Secretary has notified the Committees on Appropriations 

4 of both Houses of Congress on the allocation of these 

5 funds by USDA agency: Provided further, That no funds 

6 made available by this appropriation may be obligated for 

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

8 has submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of 

9 both Houses of Congress and the Committee on Oversight 

10 and Government Reform of the House of Representatives 

11 a report on the Department’s contracting out policies, in12 cluding agency budgets for contracting out. 

13 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

14 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 

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

17 grants or cooperative agreements for policy research under 

18 7 U.S.C. 3155 and shall be obligated within 90 days of 

19 the enactment of this Act. 

20 NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

21 For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi22 sion, $13,430,000. 

23 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 

25 Program Analysis, $9,305,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In3 formation Officer, $45,199,000, of which not less than 

4 $28,000,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the De5 partment. 

6 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi8 nancial Officer, $6,080,000. 

9 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

10 RIGHTS

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 

12 Secretary for Civil Rights, $898,000. 

13 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

15 $24,236,000. 

16 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu19 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 

20 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis21 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri22 culture under 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities 

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

24 alterations and other actions needed for the Department 

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

2 General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im3 provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili4 ties, and for related costs, $64,844,000, to remain avail5 able until expended, for buildings operations and mainte6 nance expenses: Provided, That the Secretary may use un7 obligated prior year balances of an agency or office that 

8 are no longer available for new obligation to cover short9 falls incurred in prior year rental payments for such agen10 cy or office. 

11 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri14 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

16 9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery 

17 Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $3,600,000, to remain avail18 able until expended: Provided, That appropriations and 

19 funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous 

20 Materials Management may be transferred to any agency 

21 of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements 

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

23 lands. 
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

3 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 

4 General Act of 1978, $97,240,000, including such sums 

5 as may be necessary for contracting and other arrange6 ments with public agencies and private persons pursuant 

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

8 and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain confiden9 tial operational expenses, including the payment of inform10 ants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector 

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

12 of Public Law 97–98. 

13 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

15 Counsel, $47,567,000. 

16 OFFICE OF ETHICS

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 

18 $3,867,000. 

19 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

20 EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

22 Secretary for Research, Education and Economics, 

23 $898,000. 
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1 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

2 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 

3 Service, $85,373,000. 

4 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

5 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 

6 Statistics Service, $178,154,000, of which up to 

7 $48,044,000 shall be available until expended for the Cen8 sus of Agriculture: Provided, That amounts be made avail9 able for the Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct 

10 the Current Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 

11 2204 g(d) and (f). 

12 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 

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

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

17 for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of 

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

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

20 total value of the land or interests transferred out of Fed21 eral ownership, $1,139,673,000: Provided, That appro22 priations hereunder shall be available for the operation 

23 and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to 

24 exceed one for replacement only: Provided further, That 

25 appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 
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1 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair 

2 of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro3 vided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not 

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

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

6 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not 

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

8 building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent 

9 of the current replacement value of the building or 

10 $375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the 

11 limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not 

12 apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities 

13 at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropria14 tions hereunder shall be available for granting easements 

15 at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided 

16 further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to 

17 replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of 

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

19 appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting 

20 easements at any Agricultural Research Service location 

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

22 entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricultural Re23 search Service and a condition of the easements shall be 

24 that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the 

25 Secretary, subject to the availability of funds herein, if the 
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1 Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in the 

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

3 may be received from any State, other political subdivi4 sion, organization, or individual for the purpose of estab5 lishing or operating any research facility or research 

6 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 

7 by law. 

8 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

9 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

10 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 

11 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 

12 for other expenses and notwithstanding section 1492 of 

13 the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 

14 Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3371) and section 

15 7128(c) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 3371 

16 note), $787,545,000, which shall be for the purposes, and 

17 in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National In18 stitute of Food and Agriculture, Research and Education 

19 Activities’’ in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, 

20 That funds for research grants for 1994 institutions, edu21 cation grants for 1890 institutions, capacity building for 

22 non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, the agriculture and 

23 food research initiative, Critical Agricultural Materials 

24 Act, veterinary medicine loan repayment, multicultural 

25 scholars, graduate fellowship and institution challenge 
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1 grants, and grants management systems shall remain 

2 available until expended: Provided further, That each insti3 tution eligible to receive funds under the Evans-Allen pro4 gram receives no less than $1,000,000: Provided further, 

5 That funds for education grants for Alaska Native and 

6 Native Hawaiian-serving institutions be made available to 

7 individual eligible institutions or consortia of eligible insti8 tutions with funds awarded equally to each of the States 

9 of Alaska and Hawaii: Provided further, That funds for 

10 education grants for 1890 institutions shall be made avail11 able to institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 

12 3221 and 3222. 

13 HISPANIC-SERVING AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES AND

14 UNIVERSITIES ENDOWMENT FUND

15 For the Hispanic-Serving Agricultural Colleges and 

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

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

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

19 to remain available until expended. 

20 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

21 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

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

23 note), $11,880,000, to remain available until expended. 
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1 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

2 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

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

4 Northern Marianas, and American Samoa and notwith5 standing section 1492 of the National Agricultural Re6 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

7 U.S.C. 3371) and section 7128(c) of the Agricultural Act 

8 of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 3371 note), $472,686,000, which shall 

9 be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the 

10 table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agriculture, 

11 Extension Activities’’ in the report accompanying this Act: 

12 Provided, That funds for facility improvements at 1890 

13 institutions shall remain available until expended: Pro14 vided further, That institutions eligible to receive funds 

15 under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative extension receive no 

16 less than $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for co17 operative extension under sections 3(b) and (c) of the 

18 Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b) and (c)) and section 

19 208(c) of Public Law 93–471 shall be available for retire20 ment and employees’ compensation costs for extension 

21 agents. 

22 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

23 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

24 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex25 penses and notwithstanding section 1492 of the National 
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1 Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy 

2 Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3371) and section 7128(c) of the 

3 Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 3371 note), 

4 $32,217,000, which shall be for the purposes, and in the 

5 amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National Institute 

6 of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in the re7 port accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds for the 

8 Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall remain 

9 available until September 30, 2016. 

10 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING

11 AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

13 Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 

14 $898,000. 

15 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 

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

20 representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 

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

22 $872,414,000, of which $485,000, to remain available 

23 until expended, shall be available for the control of out24 breaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for 

25 control of pest animals and birds (‘‘contingency fund’’) to 
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1 the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of 

2 which $11,575,000, to remain available until expended, 

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

4 purposes or for debt retirement for active eradication 

5 zones; of which $35,401,000, to remain available until ex6 pended, shall be for Animal Health Technical Services; of 

7 which $705,000 shall be for activities under the authority 

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

9 U.S.C. 1831); of which $52,529,000, to remain available 

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

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

12 shall be for information technology infrastructure; of 

13 which $152,667,000, to remain available until expended, 

14 shall be for specialty crop pests; of which, $8,883,000, to 

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

16 rangeland ecosystem pests; of which $54,304,000, to re17 main available until expended, shall be for tree and wood 

18 pests; of which $3,723,000, to remain available until ex19 pended, shall be for the National Veterinary Stockpile; of 

20 which up to $1,500,000, to remain available until ex21 pended, shall be for the scrapie program for indemnities; 

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

23 shall be for the wildlife damage management program for 

24 aviation safety: Provided, That of amounts available under 

25 this heading for wildlife services methods development, 
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1 $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro2 vided further, That of amounts available under this head3 ing for the screwworm program, $4,990,000 shall remain 

4 available until expended: Provided further, That no funds 

5 shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis 

6 eradication program for the current fiscal year that does 

7 not require minimum matching by the States of at least 

8 40 percent: Provided further, That this appropriation shall 

9 be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft 

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

11 be for replacement only: Provided further, That in addi12 tion, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the 

13 agricultural production industry of this country, the Sec14 retary may transfer from other appropriations or funds 

15 available to the agencies or corporations of the Depart16 ment such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be avail17 able only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradi18 cation of contagious or infectious disease or pests of ani19 mals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance 

20 with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Pro21 tection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 

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

23 7772), and any unexpended balances of funds transferred 

24 for such emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal year 

25 shall be merged with such transferred amounts: Provided 
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1 further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 

2 pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alter3 ation of leased buildings and improvements, but unless 

4 otherwise provided the cost of altering any one building 

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

6 current replacement value of the building. 

7 In fiscal year 2015, the agency is authorized to collect 

8 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist9 ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 

10 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 

11 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 

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

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

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

15 fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain avail16 able until expended, without further appropriation, for 

17 providing such assistance, goods, or services. 

18 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

19 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte20 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al21 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 

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

23 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $3,175,000, to remain avail24 able until expended. 
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1 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

2 MARKETING SERVICES

3 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 

4 Service, $81,634,000: Provided, That this appropriation 

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

6 alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but 

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

8 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 

9 value of the building. 

10 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 

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

12 U.S.C. 9701). 

13 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

14 Not to exceed $60,709,000 (from fees collected) shall 

15 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra16 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 

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

18 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 

19 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

20 Congress. 

21 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

22 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au25 gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com-
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1 modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other 

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

3 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and 

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

5 provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $20,317,000 

6 for formulation and administration of marketing agree7 ments and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing 

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

9 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

10 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 

11 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 

12 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul13 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 

14 $1,363,000. 

15 GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS

16 ADMINISTRATION

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Grain Inspection, 

19 Packers and Stockyards Administration, $44,017,000: 

20 Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursu21 ant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair 

22 of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering 

23 any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 

24 10 percent of the current replacement value of the build25 ing. 
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1 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

2 EXPENSES

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

4 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 

5 and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac6 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or 

7 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 

8 exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com9 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

10 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

12 Secretary for Food Safety, $816,000. 

13 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

14 For necessary expenses to carry out services author15 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry 

16 Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 

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

18 allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 

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

20 $1,022,770,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred21 ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab22 oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 

23 Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 

24 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That funds provided for the 

25 Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system 
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1 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

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

3 be employed during fiscal year 2015 for purposes dedi4 cated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the 

5 Humane Methods of Slaughter Act: Provided further, That 

6 the Food Safety and Inspection Service shall continue im7 plementation of section 11016 of Public Law 110–246 as 

8 further clarified by the amendments made in section 

9 12106 of Public Law 113–79: Provided further, That this 

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

11 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and im12 provements, but the cost of altering any one building dur13 ing the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the cur14 rent replacement value of the building. 

15 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND

16 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

18 Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, 

19 $898,000. 

20 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 

24 $1,182,544,000, of which $32,500,000 shall be for Mod25 ernize and Innovate the Delivery of Agricultural Systems: 
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1 Provided, That the Secretary is authorized to use the serv2 ices, facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) of the 

3 Commodity Credit Corporation to make program pay4 ments for all programs administered by the Agency: Pro5 vided further, That other funds made available to the 

6 Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to and 

7 merged with this account: Provided further, That funds 

8 made available to county committees shall remain avail9 able until expended: Provided further, That none of the 

10 funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be used 

11 to close Farm Service Agency county offices: Provided fur12 ther, That none of the funds available to the Farm Service 

13 Agency shall be used to relocate county based employees 

14 without prior notification and approval of the Committee 

15 on Appropriations. 

16 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

17 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul18 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101– 

19 5106), $3,404,000. 

20 GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

21 For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 

22 groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 

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

24 $6,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
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1 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 

4 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 

5 products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as 

6 may be necessary, to remain available until expended: Pro7 vided, That such program is carried out by the Secretary 

8 in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program de9 scribed in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

10 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria11 tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A– 

12 12). 

13 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

14 ACCOUNT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di17 rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et 

18 seq.) and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emer19 gency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land ac20 quisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), boll weevil loans (7 

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

22 1924 et seq.), and Indian highly fractionated land loans 

23 (25 U.S.C. 488) to be available from funds in the Agricul24 tural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: $2,000,000,000 

25 for guaranteed farm ownership loans and $1,500,000,000 
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1 for farm ownership direct loans; $1,393,443,000 for un2 subsidized guaranteed operating loans and 

3 $1,252,004,000 for direct operating loans; emergency 

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

5 $2,000,000; guaranteed conservation loans, 

6 $150,000,000; Indian highly fractionated land loans, 

7 $10,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication program 

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

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

10 of boll weevil eradication program loans. 

11 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and 

12 grants, including the cost of modifying loans as defined 

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

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

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

16 operating loans, emergency loans, $856,000, to remain 

17 available until expended; and for individual development 

18 account grants, $2,500,000: Provided, That for the pur19 poses of prioritizing applications of qualified entities for 

20 individual development account grants the Secretary shall 

21 provide the same priority for applicants that have a track 

22 record serving veterans as those that serve socially dis23 advantaged farmers or ranchers. 

24 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

25 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
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1 $314,918,000, of which $306,998,000 shall be transferred 

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

3 Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

4 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 

5 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, 

6 operating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed 

7 loans may be transferred among these programs: Pro8 vided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both 

9 Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in ad10 vance of any transfer. 

11 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

12 For necessary expenses of the Risk Management 

13 Agency, $76,779,000: Provided, That the funds made 

14 available under section 522(e) of the Federal Crop Insur15 ance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(e)) may be used for the Common 

16 Information Management System: Provided further, That 

17 not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official recep18 tion and representation expenses, as authorized by 7 

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

20 CORPORATIONS 

21 The following corporations and agencies are hereby 

22 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 

23 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor24 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make 

25 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 
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1 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 

2 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 

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

4 fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here5 inafter provided. 

6 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

7 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the 

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

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

10 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

11 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec14 essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 

15 net realized losses sustained, but not previously reim16 bursed, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 

17 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds 

18 available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under sec19 tion 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act 

20 (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its business with the 

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

22 transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural Serv23 ice for information resource management activities of the 

24 Foreign Agricultural Service that are not related to Com25 modity Credit Corporation business. 
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1 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

2 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

3 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 

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

5 site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations 

6 and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 

7 of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

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

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

11 TITLE II 

12 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 

13 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL

14 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

16 Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, 

17 $898,000. 

18 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

19 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

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

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

24 farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas25 ures for soil and water management as may be necessary 
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1 to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con2 trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva3 tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of 

4 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, 

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

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

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

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

11 $849,295,000, to remain available until September 30, 

12 2016: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be 

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

14 improvement of buildings and public improvements at 

15 plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations 

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

18 That when buildings or other structures are erected on 

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

21 That of the amounts made available under this heading, 

22 $5,600,000, shall remain available until expended for the 

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

24 for authorized ongoing watershed projects with a primary 

25 purpose of providing water to rural communities. 
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1 TITLE III 

2 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

4 DEVELOPMENT

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

6 Secretary for Rural Development, $898,000. 

7 RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

14 $228,898,000: Provided, That no less than $15,000,000 

15 shall be for the Comprehensive Loan Accounting System: 

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

18 be used for advertising and promotional activities that 

19 support the Rural Development mission area: Provided 

20 further, That any balances available from prior years for 

21 the Rural Utilities Service, Rural Housing Service, and 

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

24 this appropriation. 
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1 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

2 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

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

9 unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $26,279,000 for section 

10 504 housing repair loans; $28,432,000 for section 515 

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

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

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

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

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

16 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

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

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

19 502 loans, $66,420,000 shall be for direct loans; section 

20 504 housing repair loans, $3,687,000; and repair, rehabili21 tation, and new construction of section 515 rental housing, 

22 $9,812,000: Provided, That to support the loan program 

23 level for section 538 guaranteed loans made available 

24 under this heading the Secretary may charge or adjust 

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

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

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

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

7 for purposes of section 502 guaranteed loans provided 

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

9 available under this paragraph for section 502 direct 

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

11 loans for individuals whose homes will be built pursuant 

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

13 grant authorized by section 523 of the Housing Act of 

14 1949 until June 1, 2015. 

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

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

17 $16,017,000, to remain available until expended, for direct 

18 farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 

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

22 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

23 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

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

3 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

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

6 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 

7 payments for eligible households as authorized by section 

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

9 $1,093,500,000; and, in addition, such sums as may be 

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

11 liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry 

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

13 of the Act: Provided, That rental assistance agreements 

14 entered into or renewed during the current fiscal year 

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

16 rental assistance contracts will not be renewed within the 

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

19 agreements may be transferred and used for the purposes 

20 of any debt reduction; maintenance, repair, or rehabilita21 tion of any existing projects; preservation; and rental as22 sistance activities authorized under title V of the Act: Pro23 vided further, That rental assistance provided under agree24 ments entered into prior to fiscal year 2015 for a farm 

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

2 another project until such assistance has remained unused 

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

4 a waiting list of tenants seeking such assistance or the 

5 project has rental assistance eligible tenants who are not 

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

8 be applied to another farm labor multi-family housing 

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

10 MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM

11 ACCOUNT

12 For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 

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

16 preservation and revitalization of multi-family rental hous17 ing properties described in this paragraph, $28,000,000, 

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

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

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

23 515 loan which has been prepaid after September 30, 

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

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

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

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

5 to the maximum extent practicable, administer such 

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

8 by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban 

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

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

13 for the preservation and revitalization of multi-family 

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

16 heading, $20,000,000 shall be available for a demonstra17 tion program for the preservation and revitalization of the 

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

19 properties to restructure existing USDA multi-family 

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

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

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

2 including advances, payments and incentives (including 

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

5 That the Secretary shall as part of the preservation and 

6 revitalization agreement obtain a restrictive use agreement 

7 consistent with the terms of the restructuring: Provided 

8 further, That if the Secretary determines that additional 

9 funds for vouchers described in this paragraph are needed, 

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

13 authorize a multi-family rental housing loan restructuring 

14 program similar to the demonstration program described 

15 herein, the Secretary may use funds made available for 

16 the demonstration program under this heading to carry 

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

20 funds, the Secretary may expend not more than 

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

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

2 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 

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

4 1490c), $25,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

5 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

6 For grants for very low-income housing repair and 

7 rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing 

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

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

10 RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

15 Farm and Rural Development Act, $2,200,000,000 for di16 rect loans and $75,000,000 for guaranteed loans. 

17 For the cost of guaranteed loans, including the cost 

18 of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Con19 gressional Budget Act of 1974, $3,585,000, to remain 

20 available until expended. 

21 For the cost of grants for rural community facilities 

22 programs as authorized by section 306 and described in 

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

24 Development Act, $28,745,000, to remain available until 

25 expended: Provided, That $5,967,000 of the amount ap-
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1 propriated under this heading shall be available for a 

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

4 capacity and ability of private, nonprofit community-based 

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

8 housing, community facilities, community and economic 

9 development projects in rural areas: Provided further, 

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

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

15 including Federal funds for related activities, in an 

16 amount not less than funds provided: Provided further, 

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

18 heading shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural 

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

22 rural development offices: Provided further, That 

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

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

2 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are 

3 not applicable to the funds made available under this 

4 heading. 

5 RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE

6 RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

12 Development Act, $78,527,000, to remain available until 

13 expended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated 

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

15 available for a grant to a qualified national organization 

16 to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 

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

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

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

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

23 for administrative expenses: Provided further, That 

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

2 grant to a qualified national organization to provide tech3 nical assistance for rural transportation in order to pro4 mote economic development: Provided further, That sec5 tions 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and 

6 Rural Development Act are not applicable to funds made 

7 available under this heading. 

8 INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author11 ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund (7 

12 U.S.C. 1936b), $18,889,000. 

13 For the cost of direct loans, $5,818,000, as author14 ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund (7 

15 U.S.C. 1936b), of which $531,000 shall be available 

16 through June 30, 2015, for Federally Recognized Native 

17 American Tribes; and of which $1,078,000 shall be avail18 able through June 30, 2015, for Mississippi Delta Region 

19 counties (as determined in accordance with Public Law 

20 100–460): Provided, That such costs, including the cost 

21 of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 

22 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

23 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

24 the direct loan programs, $4,439,000 shall be transferred 
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1 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop2 ment, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

3 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

4 ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

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

8 for the purpose of promoting rural economic development 

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

10 Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of 

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

12 Electrification Act of 1936, $158,000,000 shall not be ob13 ligated and $158,000,000 are rescinded. 

14 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

15 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 

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

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

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

19 the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro20 gram: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be 

21 for grants for cooperative development centers, individual 

22 cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve socially 

23 disadvantaged groups and a majority of the boards of di24 rectors or governing boards of which are comprised of in25 dividuals who are members of socially disadvantaged 
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1 groups; and of which $15,000,000, to remain available 

2 until expended, shall be for value-added agricultural prod3 uct market development grants, as authorized by section 

4 231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 

5 U.S.C. 1632a). 

6 RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM

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

8 the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 

9 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 

10 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $1,350,000: Provided, That the 

11 cost of loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying 

12 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con13 gressional Budget Act of 1974. 

14 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

15 RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

19 and solid waste management programs authorized by sec20 tions 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and de21 scribed in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 

22 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop23 ment Act, $463,230,000, to remain available until ex24 pended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be avail25 able for the rural utilities program described in section 
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1 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to exceed 

2 $993,000 shall be available for the rural utilities program 

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

4 $66,500,000 of the amount appropriated under this head5 ing shall be for loans and grants including water and 

6 waste disposal systems grants authorized by 

7 306C(a)(2)(B) and 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 

8 Rural Development Act, Federally recognized Native 

9 American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1), and the De10 partment of Hawaiian Home Lands (of the State of Ha11 waii): Provided further, That funding provided for section 

12 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

13 Act may be provided to a consortium formed pursuant to 

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

15 not more than 2 percent of the funding provided for sec16 tion 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop17 ment Act may be used by the State of Alaska for training 

18 and technical assistance programs and not more than 2 

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

20 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may be 

21 used by a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of 

22 Public Law 105–83 for training and technical assistance 

23 programs: Provided further, That not to exceed 

24 $19,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head25 ing shall be for technical assistance grants for rural water 
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1 and waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such 

2 Act, unless the Secretary makes a determination of ex3 treme need, of which $6,000,000 shall be made available 

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

5 technical assistance organization, with experience in work6 ing with small communities on water and waste water 

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

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

9 in improving the planning, financing, development, oper10 ation, and management of water and waste water systems, 

11 and of which not less than $800,000 shall be for a quali12 fied national Native American organization to provide 

13 technical assistance for rural water systems for tribal com14 munities: Provided further, That not to exceed 

15 $15,919,000 of the amount appropriated under this head16 ing shall be for contracting with qualified national organi17 zations for a circuit rider program to provide technical as18 sistance for rural water systems: Provided further, That 

19 not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be for solid waste manage20 ment grants: Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the 

21 amount appropriated under this heading shall be trans22 ferred to, and merged with, the Rural Utilities Service, 

23 High Energy Cost Grants Account to provide grants au24 thorized under section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act 

25 of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): Provided further, That any prior 
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1 year balances for high-energy cost grants authorized by 

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

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

4 Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants Ac5 count: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 381N 

6 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are 

7 not applicable to the funds made available under this 

8 heading. 

9 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

10 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans 

13 as authorized by sections 305 and 306 of the Rural Elec14 trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936) shall be 

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

16 that Act, rural electric, $5,000,000,000; guaranteed un17 derwriting loans pursuant to section 313A, $500,000,000; 

18 5 percent rural telecommunications loans, cost of money 

19 rural telecommunications loans, and for loans made pursu20 ant to section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications 

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

22 $2,000,000,000 shall be used for the construction, acquisi23 tion, or improvement of fossil-fueled electric generating 

24 plants (whether new or existing) that utilize carbon se25 questration systems. 
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1 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

2 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

3 $34,478,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 

4 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 

5 and Expenses’’. 

6 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND

7 PROGRAM

8 For the principal amount of broadband telecommuni9 cation loans, $34,430,000. 

10 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 

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

12 et seq., $24,323,000, to remain available until expended: 

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

14 grants authorized by 379G of the Consolidated Farm and 

15 Rural Development Act: Provided further, That funding 

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

17 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may only 

18 be provided to entities that meet all of the eligibility cri19 teria for a consortium as established by this section. 

20 For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by 

21 section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act, $6,435,000, 

22 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

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

24 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
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1 In addition, $10,372,000, to remain available until 

2 expended, for a grant program to finance broadband 

3 transmission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning 

4 and Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7 

5 U.S.C. 950aaa. 

6 TITLE IV 

7 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

8 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 

9 NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

11 Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, 

12 $816,000. 

13 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

14 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 

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

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

19 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 

20 21; $20,497,000,000, to remain available through Sep21 tember 30, 2016, of which such sums as are made avail22 able under section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, 

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

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

25 for the same time period and purposes as provided herein: 
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1 Provided, That of the total amount available, $17,004,000 

2 shall be available to carry out section 19 of the Child Nu3 trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): Provided 

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

5 shall be available to provide competitive grants to State 

6 agencies for subgrants to local educational agencies and 

7 schools to purchase the equipment needed to serve 

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

9 the establishment, maintenance, or expansion of the school 

10 breakfast program. 

11 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

12 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup14 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 

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

16 $6,623,000,000, to remain available through September 

17 30, 2016, of which such sums as are necessary to increase 

18 the contingency reserve to $150,000,000 shall be placed 

19 in reserve, to remain available until expended, to be allo20 cated as the Secretary deemed necessary, notwithstanding 

21 section 17(i) of such Act, to support participation should 

22 cost or participation exceed budget estimates: Provided, 

23 That notwithstanding section 17(h)(10) of the Child Nu24 trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10)), not less than 

25 $60,000,000 shall be used for breastfeeding peer coun-
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1 selors and other related activities, $14,000,000 shall be 

2 used for infrastructure, and $30,000,000 shall be used for 

3 management information systems: Provided further, That 

4 none of the funds provided in this account shall be avail5 able for the purchase of infant formula except in accord6 ance with the cost containment and competitive bidding 

7 requirements specified in section 17 of such Act: Provided 

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

9 for activities that are not fully reimbursed by other Fed10 eral Government departments or agencies unless author11 ized by section 17 of such Act: Provided further, That 

12 upon termination of a federally-mandated vendor morato13 rium and subject to terms and conditions established by 

14 the Secretary, the Secretary may waive the requirement 

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

16 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

17 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and 

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

19 $82,251,387,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain 

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

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

22 as may become necessary to carry out program operations: 

23 Provided, That funds available for the contingency reserve 

24 under the heading ‘‘Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 

25 Program’’ of Division A of Public Law 113–76 shall be 
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1 available until September 30, 2016: Provided further, That 

2 funds provided herein shall be expended in accordance 

3 with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008: 

4 Provided further, That of the funds made available under 

5 this heading, $998,000 may be used to provide nutrition 

6 education services to State agencies and Federally recog7 nized tribes participating in the Food Distribution Pro8 gram on Indian Reservations: Provided further, That this 

9 appropriation shall be subject to any work registration or 

10 workfare requirements as may be required by law: Pro11 vided further, That funds made available for Employment 

12 and Training under this heading shall remain available 

13 through September 30, 2016: Provided further, That 

14 funds made available under this heading for a study on 

15 Indian tribal administration of nutrition programs, as pro16 vided in title IV of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public 

17 Law 113–79), and a study of the removal of cash benefits 

18 in Puerto Rico, as provided in title IV of the Agricultural 

19 Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79) shall be available until 

20 expended: Provided further, That funds made available 

21 under this heading for section 28(d)(1) (nutrition edu22 cation and obesity grants) and section 27(a) (The Emer23 gency Food Assistance Program) of the Food and Nutri24 tion Act of 2008 shall remain available through September 

25 30, 2016: Provided further, That funds made available 
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1 under this heading for employment and training pilot 

2 projects, as provided in title IV of the Agricultural Act 

3 of 2014 (Public Law 113–79), shall remain available 

4 through September 30, 2018: Provided further, That 

5 funds made available under this heading may be used to 

6 enter into contracts and employ staff to conduct studies, 

7 evaluations, or to conduct activities related to program in8 tegrity provided that such activities are authorized by the 

9 Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 

10 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

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

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

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

20 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $275,701,000, 

21 to remain available through September 30, 2016: Pro22 vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim23 burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 

24 donated to the program: Provided further, That notwith25 standing any other provision of law, effective with funds 
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1 made available in fiscal year 2015 to support the Seniors 

2 Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 

3 section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 

4 Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available through 

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

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

8 use up to 10 percent for costs associated with the distribu9 tion of commodities. 

10 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

11 For necessary administrative expenses of the Food 

12 and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutri13 tion assistance program, $155,000,000, of which 

14 $2,800,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

15 appropriation for ‘‘Food and Nutrition Service, Com16 modity Assistance Program’’ to begin service in six addi17 tional States that have plans approved by the Department 

18 for the commodity supplemental food program but are not 

19 currently participating: Provided, That of the funds pro20 vided herein, $2,000,000 shall be used for the purposes 

21 of section 4404 of Public Law 107–171, as amended by 

22 section 4401 of Public Law 110–246. 
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1 TITLE V 

2 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED 

3 PROGRAMS 

4 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 

8 Service, including not to exceed $158,000 for representa9 tion allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of 

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

11 $182,797,000, of which no more than 6 percent will re12 main available until September 30, 2016, for overseas op13 erations to include the payment of locally employed staff: 

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

15 or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on 

16 behalf of Federal agencies, public and private organiza17 tions and institutions under agreements executed pursu18 ant to the agricultural food production assistance pro19 grams (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assistance pro20 grams of the United States Agency for International De21 velopment: Provided further, That funds made available 

22 for middle-income country training programs, funds made 

23 available for the Borlaug International Agricultural 

24 Science and Technology Fellowship program, and up to 

25 $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropria-
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1 tion solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in 

2 international currency exchange rates, subject to docu3 mentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall re4 main available until expended. 

5 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD

6 FOR PROGRESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For administrative expenses to carry out the credit 

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

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

11 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 

12 for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’: Pro13 vided, That of the unobligated balances provided pursuant 

14 to Title I of the Food for Peace Act, $13,000,000 are 

15 hereby permanently rescinded: Provided further, That no 

16 amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des17 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

18 pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or 

19 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

20 of 1985, as amended. 

21 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS

22 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth23 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in24 cluding interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act 

25 (Public Law 83–480, as amended), for commodities sup-
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1 plied in connection with dispositions abroad under title II 

2 of said Act, $1,466,000,000, to remain available until ex3 pended: Provided, That for purposes of funds appropriated 

4 under this heading, in addition to amounts made available 

5 under section 202(e)(1) of the Food for Peace Act (7 

6 U.S.C. 1722(e)(1)), of the total amount provided under 

7 this heading, $35,000,000 shall be made available to eligi8 ble organizations in accordance with section 202(e)(1) of 

9 the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1722(e)(1)) . 

10 MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION

11 AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

13 of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest14 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $185,126,000, to 

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

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

19 amounts provided herein. 

20 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS)

21 CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com24 modity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program, 

25 GSM 102 and GSM 103, $6,748,000; to cover common 
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1 overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com2 modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity 

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

4 $6,394,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

5 appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries 

6 and Expenses’’, and of which $354,000 shall be trans7 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm 

8 Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

9 TITLE VI 

10 RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG 

11 ADMINISTRATION 

12 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

13 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad16 ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger 

17 motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 

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

19 activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 

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

21 in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; for miscellaneous 

22 and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, author23 ized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted 

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

25 $25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of Public Law 
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1 107–188; $4,443,356,000: Provided, That of the amount 

2 provided under this heading, $798,000,000 shall be de3 rived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 

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

5 remain available until expended; $128,282,000 shall be de6 rived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 

7 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this account and re8 main available until expended; $312,116,000 shall be de9 rived from human generic drug user fees authorized by 

10 21 U.S.C. 379j–42, and shall be credited to this account 

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

12 derived from biosimilar biological product user fees au13 thorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–52, and shall be credited to 

14 this account and remain available until expended; 

15 $22,464,000 shall be derived from animal drug user fees 

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

17 to this account and remain available until expended; 

18 $6,944,000 shall be derived from animal generic drug user 

19 fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–21, and shall be cred20 ited to this account and remain available until expended; 

21 $566,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco product user 

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

23 to this account and remain available until expended: Pro24 vided further, That in addition and notwithstanding any 

25 other provision under this heading, amounts collected for 
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1 prescription drug user fees, medical device user fees, 

2 human generic drug user fees, biosimilar biological prod3 uct user fees, animal drug user fees, and animal generic 

4 drug user fees that exceed the respective fiscal year 2015 

5 limitations are appropriated and shall be credited to this 

6 account and remain available until expended: Provided fur7 ther, That fees derived from prescription drug, medical de8 vice, human generic drug, biosimilar biological product, 

9 animal drug, and animal generic drug assessments for fis10 cal year 2015, including any such fees collected prior to 

11 fiscal year 2015 but credited for fiscal year 2015, shall 

12 be subject to the fiscal year 2015 limitations: Provided fur13 ther, That the Secretary may accept payment during fiscal 

14 year 2015 of user fees specified under this heading and 

15 authorized for fiscal year 2016, prior to the due date for 

16 such fees, and that amounts of such fees assessed for fis17 cal year 2016 for which the Secretary accepts payment 

18 in fiscal year 2015 shall not be included in amounts under 

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

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

21 of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided fur22 ther, That of the total amount appropriated: (1) 

23 $903,403,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety and 

24 Applied Nutrition and related field activities in the Office 

25 of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $1,339,884,000 shall be for the 
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1 Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related 

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

3 $342,639,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evalua4 tion and Research and for related field activities in the 

5 Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $174,976,000 shall be 

6 for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related 

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

8 $417,660,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and Ra9 diological Health and for related field activities in the Of10 fice of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $63,331,000 shall be for 

11 the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 

12 $531,527,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Prod13 ucts and for related field activities in the Office of Regu14 latory Affairs; (8) not to exceed $163,432,000 shall be for 

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

16 White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to 

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

18 exceed $228,128,000 shall be for payments to the General 

19 Services Administration for rent; (10) not less than 

20 $150,000 shall be used to implement a requirement that 

21 the labeling of genetically engineered salmon offered for 

22 sale to consumers indicate that such salmon is genetically 

23 engineered; and (11) $278,376,000 shall be for other ac24 tivities, including the Office of the Commissioner of Food 

25 and Drugs, the Office of Foods and Veterinary Medicine, 
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1 the Office of Medical and Tobacco Products, the Office 

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

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

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

5 of this amount shall be for official reception and represen6 tation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined 

7 by the Commissioner: Provided further, That of the 

8 amounts that are made available under this heading for 

9 ‘‘other activities’’, and that are not derived from user fees, 

10 $1,500,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

11 appropriation for ‘‘Department of Health and Human 

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

13 programs and operations of the Food and Drug Adminis14 tration and shall be in addition to funds otherwise made 

15 available for oversight of the Food and Drug Administra16 tion: Provided further, That funds may be transferred 

17 from one specified activity to another with the prior ap18 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

19 Houses of Congress. 

20 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 

21 42 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized 

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

23 21 U.S.C. 360n, food and feed recall fees, food reinspec24 tion fees, and voluntary qualified importer program fees 

25 authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, outsourcing facility fees 
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1 authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–62, prescription drug whole2 sale distributer licensing and inspection fees authorized by 

3 21 U.S.C. 353(e)(3), and third-party logistics provider li4 censing and inspection fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

5 360eee–3(c)(1), shall be credited to this account, to re6 main available until expended. 

7 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

8 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten9 sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili10 ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, 

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

12 available until expended. 

13 INDEPENDENT AGENCY 

14 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

15 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

16 Not to exceed $65,100,000 (from assessments col17 lected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal 

18 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 

19 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 

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

21 limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re22 ceiverships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed 

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

24 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con25 gress. 
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1 TITLE VII 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

8 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 71 passenger 

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

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

12 vehicles shall be for those determined by the Secretary to 

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

15 public safety. 

16 SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

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

21 Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisi22 tion of plant and capital equipment necessary for the deliv23 ery of financial, administrative, and information tech24 nology services of primary benefit to the agencies of the 

25 Department of Agriculture, such transferred funds to re-
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1 main available until expended: Provided, That none of the 

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

3 be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the 

4 prior approval of the agency administrator: Provided fur5 ther, That none of the funds transferred to the Working 

6 Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be available 

7 for obligation without written notification to and the prior 

8 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

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

10 funds appropriated by this Act or made available to the 

11 Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available for 

12 obligation or expenditure to make any changes to the De13 partment’s National Finance Center without written noti14 fication to and prior approval of the Committees on Ap15 propriations of both Houses of Congress as required by 

16 section 721 of this Act: Provided further, That of annual 

17 income amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the De18 partment of Agriculture allocated for the National Fi19 nance Center, the Secretary may reserve not more than 

20 4 percent for the replacement or acquisition of capital 

21 equipment, including equipment for the improvement and 

22 implementation of a financial management plan, informa23 tion technology, and other systems of the National Fi24 nance Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary cost 

25 of the National Finance Center: Provided further, That 
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1 none of the amounts reserved shall be available for obliga2 tion unless the Secretary submits written notification of 

3 the obligation to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

4 House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur5 ther, That the limitation on the obligation of funds pend6 ing notification to Congressional Committees shall not 

7 apply to any obligation that, as determined by the Sec8 retary, is necessary to respond to a declared state of emer9 gency that significantly impacts the operations of the Na10 tional Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of the Na11 tional Finance Center to a safe haven to continue oper12 ations of the National Finance Center. 

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

14 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

15 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

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

17 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 

18 agreements or similar arrangements between the United 

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

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

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

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

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

5 available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 

6 until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 

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

10 the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 

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

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

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

18 notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 

19 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 

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

22 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

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

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

2 Information Officer. 

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

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

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

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

7 available until expended to disburse obligations made in 

8 the current fiscal year. 

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

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

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

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

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

16 borrower under such Act. 

17 SEC. 709. 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. 710. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

25 by law, unobligated balances from appropriations made 
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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 

25 of the program, without regard to the limitation on 
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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 $2,000,000 shall be used to cover necessary 

22 expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 

23 panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 

24 of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego-
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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. For loans and loan guarantees that do not 

17 require budget authority and the program level has been 

18 established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 

19 increase the program level for such loans and loan guaran20 tees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior 

21 to the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Sec22 retary notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropria23 tions of both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in ad24 vance. 
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1 SEC. 718. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

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

4 the following: 

5 (1) The Watershed Rehabilitation program au6 thorized by section 14(h)(1) of the Watershed Pro7 tection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 

8 1012(h)(1)); 

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

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

12 3839aa–8) in excess of $1,350,000,000. Of the 

13 funds available under section 1241(a)(5)(B) of such 

14 Act, $136,000,000 are hereby permanently can15 celled. 

16 SEC. 719. 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 a program under subsection (b)(2)(A)(vii) of section 

20 14222 of Public Law 110–246 in excess of $959,000,000, 

21 as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement Com22 modities—$465,000,000; State Option Contracts— 

23 $5,000,000; Removal of Defective Commodities— 

24 $2,500,000: Provided, That none of the funds made avail25 able in this Act or any other Act shall be used for salaries 
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1 and expenses to carry out in this fiscal year section 

2 19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard B. Russell National School 

3 Lunch Act, as amended, except in an amount that ex4 cludes the transfer of $122,000,000 of the funds to be 

5 transferred under subsection (c) of section 14222 of Pub6 lic Law 110–246, until October 1, 2015: Provided further, 

7 That $122,000,000 made available on October 1, 2015, 

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

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

10 from the limitation described in subsection (b)(2)(A)(viii) 

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

12 That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

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

14 the salaries or expenses of any employee of the Depart15 ment of Agriculture or officer of the Commodity Credit 

16 Corporation to carry out clause 3 of section 32 of the Agri17 cultural Adjustment Act of 1935 (Public Law 74–320, 7 

18 U.S.C. 612c, as amended), or for any surplus removal ac19 tivities or price support activities under section 5 of the 

20 Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act: Provided fur21 ther, That of the available unobligated balances under 

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

23 $203,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 

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

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

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

3 the Congress of the United States for programs under the 

4 jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agri5 culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra6 tion, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or re7 flects a reduction from the previous year due to user fees 

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

9 submission of the budget unless such budget submission 

10 identifies which additional spending reductions should 

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

12 prior to the date of the convening of a committee of con13 ference for the fiscal year 2016 appropriations Act. 

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

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

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

18 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

19 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

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

21 through a reprogramming, transfer of funds, or reim22 bursements as authorized by the Economy Act, or in the 

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

24 authority provided by section 702(b) of the Department 
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1 of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or 

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

3 (1) creates new programs; 

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

5 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

6 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

7 denied or restricted; 

8 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

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

10 or 

11 (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

12 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

13 unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 

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

15 in writing, the Committees on Appropriations of both 

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

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

18 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro19 vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 

20 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

21 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

22 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

23 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

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

25 for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogram-
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1 ming or use of the authorities referred to in subsection 

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

3 whichever is less, that— 

4 (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac5 tivities; 

6 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist7 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per8 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

9 (3) results from any general savings from a re10 duction in personnel which would result in a change 

11 in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap12 proved by Congress; unless the Secretary of Agri13 culture or the Secretary of Health and Human Serv14 ices (as the case may be) notifies, in writing, the 

15 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

16 Congress at least 30 days in advance of the re17 programming or transfer of such funds or the use of 

18 such authority. 

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

20 Health and Human Services shall notify in writing the 

21 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

22 before implementing any program or activity not carried 

23 out during the previous fiscal year unless the program or 

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

25 other Act. 
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1 (d) As described in this section, no funds may be used 

2 for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture or 

3 the Secretary of Health and Human Services receives from 

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

6 the notification as required in this section. 

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

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

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

10 any guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount 

11 that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal 

12 portion of the loan. 

13 SEC. 723. None of the funds appropriated or other14 wise made available to the Department of Agriculture, the 

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

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

19 Credit Administration employee questions or responses to 

20 questions that are a result of information requested for 

21 the appropriations hearing process. 

22 SEC. 724. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

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

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

3 story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 

4 funded by that executive branch agency. 

5 SEC. 725. No employee of the Department of Agri6 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 

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

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

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

10 reimbursed by the receiving agency or office for the salary 

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

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

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

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

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

16 112–55. 

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

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

19 Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, and 

20 the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration shall 

21 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

22 of Representatives and the Senate a detailed spending 

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

24 available under this Act, as outlined under the heading 
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1 ‘‘Program, Project, and Activity’’ in the report accom2 panying this Act. 

3 SEC. 729. Hereafter, the Secretary may charge a fee 

4 for lenders to access Department loan guarantee systems 

5 in connection with such lenders’ participation in loan 

6 guarantee programs of the Rural Housing Service: Pro7 vided, That the funds collected from such fees shall be 

8 made available to the Secretary without further appropria9 tion and such funds shall be deposited into the Rural De10 velopment Salaries and Expense Account and shall remain 

11 available until expended for obligation and expenditure by 

12 the Secretary for administrative expenses of the Rural 

13 Housing Service Loan Guarantee Program in addition to 

14 other available funds: Provided further, That such fees col15 lected shall not exceed $50 per loan. 

16 SEC. 730. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

17 available by this Act and notwithstanding the last sentence 

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

19 remain available until expended, to implement non-renew20 able agreements on eligible lands, including flooded agri21 cultural lands, as determined by the Secretary, under the 

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

23 SEC. 731. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture and the 

24 Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration shall 

25 submit annual reports to the Inspector General or senior 
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1 ethics official for any entity without an Inspector General, 

2 regarding the costs and contracting procedures related to 

3 each conference held by any such Department, agency, 

4 board, commission, or office during fiscal year 2015 for 

5 which the cost to the United States Government was more 

6 than $100,000. 

7 (b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con8 ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica9 ble period— 

10 (1) a description of its purpose; 

11 (2) the number of participants attending; 

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

13 United States Government, including— 

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

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

16 (C) the cost of employee or contractor 

17 travel to and from the conference; and 

18 (D) a discussion of the methodology used 

19 to determine which costs relate to the con20 ference; and 

21 (4) a description of the contracting procedures 

22 used including— 

23 (A) whether contracts were awarded on a 

24 competitive basis; and 
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1 (B) a discussion of any cost comparison 

2 conducted by the departmental component or 

3 office in evaluating potential contractors for the 

4 conference. 

5 (c) Within 15 days of the date of a conference held 

6 by any executive branch department, agency, board, com7 mission, or office funded by this Act during fiscal year 

8 2015 for which the cost to the United States Government 

9 was more than $20,000, the head of any such Depart10 ment, agency, board, commission, or office shall notify the 

11 Inspector General or senior ethics official for any entity 

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

13 number of employees attending such conference. 

14 (d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro15 priated by this Act to an executive branch agency may 

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

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

18 and programmatically related to the purpose for which the 

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

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

21 or other routine purposes related to a project funded by 

22 the grant or contract. 

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

24 be used for travel and conference activities that are not 
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1 in compliance with Office of Management and Budget 

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

3 SEC. 732. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of 

4 Health and Human Services, on behalf of the United 

5 States may hereafter, whenever the Secretary deems desir6 able, relinquish to the State of Arkansas all or part of 

7 the jurisdiction of the United States over the lands and 

8 properties encompassing the Jefferson Labs campus in the 

9 State of Arkansas that are under the supervision or con10 trol of the Secretary. 

11 (b) TERMS.—Relinquishment of jurisdiction under 

12 this section may be accomplished, under terms and condi13 tions that the Secretary deems advisable— 

14 (1) by filing with the Governor of the State of 

15 Arkansas a notice of relinquishment to take effect 

16 upon acceptance thereof; or 

17 (2) as the laws of such State may otherwise 

18 provide. 

19 (c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘Jeffer20 son Labs campus’’ means the lands and properties of the 

21 National Center for Toxicological Research and the Ar22 kansas Regional Laboratory. 

23 (d) AGREEMENT REGARDING JEFFERSON COUNTY

24 TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND COMMERCIALIZATION CEN25 TER.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may hereafter 

2 enter into an agreement with the State of Arkansas 

3 or an agency of such State or a public or private en4 tity with respect to the establishment or operation of 

5 a technology research and commercialization center 

6 in Jefferson County, Arkansas, proximate to the Jef7 ferson Labs campus. 

8 (2) RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS.— 

9 Pursuant to such agreement, the Secretary may 

10 hereafter receive and retain funds from such entity 

11 and use such funds, in addition to such other funds 

12 as are made available by this act or future acts for 

13 the operation of the National Center for Toxi14 cological Research, for the purposes listed in para15 graph (3). Funds received from such entity shall be 

16 deemed to be appropriated for such purposes and 

17 shall remain available until expended. 

18 (3) PURPOSES.— 

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—Funds described by 

20 paragraph (2) shall be available to defray— 

21 (i) the costs of creating, upgrading, 

22 and maintaining connections between such 

23 center and roads, communications facili24 ties, and utilities that are on the Jefferson 

25 Labs campus; and 
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1 (ii) the costs of upgrades, relocation, 

2 repair, and new constructions of roads, 

3 communications facilities, and utilities on 

4 such campus as may be necessary for such 

5 agreement. 

6 (B) OTHER ACTS.—For purposes of this 

7 and any subsequent Act, the operation of the 

8 National Center for Toxicological Research 

9 shall be deemed to include the purposes listed 

10 in subparagraph (A). 

11 SEC. 733. The Secretary shall set aside for Rural 

12 Economic Area Partnership (REAP) Zones, until August 

13 15, 2015, an amount of funds made available in title III 

14 as follows: (a) with respect to funds under the headings 

15 of Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account, Mu16 tual and Self-Help Housing Grants, Rural Community Fa17 cilities Program Account, Rural Development Loan Fund 

18 Program Account, and Rural Water and Waste Disposal 

19 Program Account the set aside shall equal the amount ob20 ligated in REAP Zones with respect to funds provided 

21 under such headings during the 2008 fiscal year; and (b) 

22 with respect to funds under the headings of Rural Busi23 ness Program Account, and Rural Housing Assistance 

24 Grants the set aside shall equal the amount obligated in 

25 REAP Zones with respect to funds provided under such 
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1 headings in the most recent fiscal year funds were obli2 gated under the heading. 

3 SEC. 734. In response to an eligible community where 

4 the drinking water supplies are inadequate due to a nat5 ural disaster, as determined by the Secretary, including 

6 drought or severe weather, the Secretary may provide po7 table water through the Emergency Community Water As8 sistance Grant Program for an additional period of time 

9 not to exceed 120 days beyond the established period pro10 vided under the Program in order to protect public health. 

11 SEC. 735. Hereafter, none of the funds appropriated 

12 by this or any other Act may be used to carry out section 

13 401 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) 

14 or section 30 of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 

15 U.S.C. 471). 

16 SEC. 736. The Secretary of Agriculture and the Sec17 retary’s designees are hereby granted the same access to 

18 information and subject to the same requirements applica19 ble to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

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

21 (42 U.S.C. 653(j)) and section 6103(l)(7)(D)(ix) of the 

22 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 

23 6103(l)(7)(D)(ix)) to verify the income for individuals par24 ticipating in sections 502, 504, or 521 of the Housing Act 

25 of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472, 1474, and 1490a). 
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1 SEC. 737. There is hereby established in the Treasury 

2 of the United States a fund to be known as the ‘‘Non3 recurring expenses fund’’ (the Fund): Provided, That un4 obligated balances of expired discretionary funds appro5 priated in this or any succeeding fiscal year from the Gen6 eral Fund of the Treasury to the Department of Agri7 culture (except the Forest Service) by this or any other 

8 Act may be transferred (not later than the end of the fifth 

9 fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which such funds 

10 are available for the purposes for which appropriated) into 

11 the Fund: Provided further, That amounts deposited in the 

12 Fund shall be available until expended, and in addition 

13 to such other funds as may be available for such purposes, 

14 for capital acquisition necessary for the operation of the 

15 Department of Agriculture, including facilities infrastruc16 ture and information technology infrastructure, subject to 

17 approval by the Office of Management and Budget: Pro18 vided further, That amounts in the Fund may be obligated 

19 only after the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

20 of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 

21 days in advance of the planned use of funds. 

22 SEC. 738. There is hereby appropriated for the 

23 ‘‘Emergency Watershed Protection Program’’, 

24 $109,978,000, to remain available until expended; for the 

25 ‘‘Emergency Forestry Restoration Program’’, 
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1 $15,000,000, to remain available until expended; and for 

2 the ‘‘Emergency Conservation Program’’, $11,755,000, to 

3 remain available until expended: Provided, That 

4 $85,000,000 made available for the ‘‘Emergency Water5 shed Protection Program’’ and $15,000,000 made avail6 able for the ‘‘Emergency Forestry Restoration Program’’ 

7 under this section are for necessary expenses resulting 

8 from a major disaster declared pursuant to the Robert T. 

9 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

10 (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), and are designated by the Con11 gress as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 

12 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

13 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

14 SEC. 739. The Secretary, within 180 days of enact15 ment, shall conduct a pre-hearing, public information ses16 sion patterned on Part 900 of the CFR to consider pro17 posals developed within the Department or submitted by 

18 interested persons of alternatives to end product pricing 

19 formulae: Provided, That following this pre-hearing proc20 ess, the Secretary retains discretion over whether to pro21 ceed to a full, formal hearing: Provided further, That 

22 should the Secretary decide at the conclusion of the pre23 hearing process not to proceed to a formal hearing, the 

24 Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee within 
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1 60 days of that decision setting forth in detail the ration2 ale for that decision. 

3 SEC. 740. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be used to pay for the painting of a portrait of 

5 an officer or employee of the Federal Government, includ6 ing the President, the Vice President, a Member of Con7 gress (including a Delegate or a Resident Commissioner 

8 to Congress), the head of an executive branch agency (as 

9 defined in section 133 of title 41, United States Code), 

10 or the head of an office of the legislative branch. 

11 SEC. 741. The Secretary shall report to the Com12 mittee on rural housing loans provided under section 502 

13 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), for each 

14 of the five preceding years, including: 

15 (1) the total number of loans provided by the 

16 Secretary that are equal to or more than $500,000; 

17 (2) the total number of guarantees provided by 

18 the Secretary on loans with an original principal ob19 ligation that is equal to or more than $500,000; 

20 (3) the location, including the city and State, of 

21 each property for which the Secretary provided such 

22 a loan or loan guarantee; and 

23 (4) the number of loans and loan guarantees 

24 that have resulted in losses to the Secretary as a re25 sult of defaults, and the total amount of such losses. 
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1 SEC. 742. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used for other than coach-class transportation 

3 accommodations (within the meaning given that term 

4 under the Federal Travel Regulation) by an agency that 

5 fails to submit the report relating to the use of other than 

6 coach-class transportation accommodations by the agency 

7 required under subpart B of part 300–70 of the Federal 

8 Travel Regulation for fiscal year 2015. 

9 SEC. 743. Of the unobligated balances provided pur10 suant to section 12033 and section 15101 of the Food, 

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

12 hereby rescinded. 

13 SEC. 744. (a) The Senate finds that— 

14 (1) October 20, 2014, marks the twentieth an15 niversary of the signing into law of the Equity in 

16 Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 

17 U.S.C. 301 note; Public Law 103–382), which 

18 granted Federal land-grant status to Tribal Colleges 

19 and Universities (TCUs) known as the 1994 land20 grant institutions; 

21 (2) the Equity in Educational Land Grant Sta22 tus Act of 1994 addresses the essential need for Na23 tive Americans to explore and adopt new and evolv24 ing technologies for managing tribal land, with the 

25 hope of continued improvement of reservation land; 
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1 (3) the extension programs of the 1994 land2 grant institutions strengthen communities through 

3 outreach programs designed to bolster economic de4 velopment, community resources, family and youth 

5 development, natural resources development, agri6 culture, and health and nutrition education; 

7 (4) the 1994 land-grant institutions are helping 

8 to address the epidemic rates of diabetes and cardio9 vascular disease that plague Indian reservations 

10 through the promotion of healthful food systems and 

11 food science and nutrition education programs; and 

12 (5) the mission and successes of the 1994 land13 grant institutions deserve national recognition. 

14 (b) It is the sense of the Senate that— 

15 (1) the outstanding contributions of the 1994 

16 land-grant institutions to the work of the great land17 grant system of the United States should be recog18 nized; 

19 (2) expanded collaboration and cooperation 

20 within the land-grant system is encouraged to ad21 vance and sustain academic and community pro22 grams that serve all people of the United States; and 

23 (3) the people of the United States are encour24 aged to observe and celebrate the twentieth anniver25 sary of the signing into law of the Equity in Edu-
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1 cational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 

2 301 note; Public Law 103–382), including efforts to 

3 advance the growth and sustainability of the 1994 

4 land-grant institutions and communities served by 

5 those institutions. 

6 SEC. 745. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds 

7 made available by this or any other Act may be used to 

8 exclude or restrict, or to pay the salaries and expenses 

9 of personnel to exclude or restrict, the eligibility of any 

10 variety of fresh, whole, or cut vegetables, except for vege11 tables with added sugars, fats, or oils, from being provided 

12 under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for 

13 Women, Infants, and Children under section 17 of the 

14 Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786). 

15 (b) Within 90 days of enactment of this Act the Sec16 retary shall commence the next scheduled regular review 

17 of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for 

18 Women, Infants, and Children food package, including the 

19 nutrient value of all fresh fruits and vegetables. 

20 (c) If the review in subsection (b) recommends that 

21 a fresh fruit or vegetable shall be eligible for purchase 

22 under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for 

23 Women, Infants, and Children, none of the funds made 

24 available under this or any other subsequent Act may be 

25 used to exclude or restrict the eligibility of that variety 
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1 of fresh fruit or vegetable, except for a fruit or vegetable 

2 with added sugars, fats, or oils, from being provided under 

3 the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, 

4 Infants, and Children under section 17 of the Child Nutri5 tion Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786). 

6 (d) If the review in subsection (b) recommends that 

7 any fresh fruit or vegetable shall not be available for pur8 chase under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program 

9 for Women, Infants, and Children, subsection (a) shall ex10 pire upon the publication of the regularly scheduled review 

11 in the Federal Register. 

12 (e) The Secretary shall explain the results of the re13 view conducted under subsection (b) in a report to the 

14 Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry 

15 and the House Committee on Education and Workforce, 

16 and the Committees on Appropriations in both Houses of 

17 Congress within 120 days after completion. 

18 SEC. 746. None of the funds made available in this 

19 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per20 sonnel— 

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

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

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

24 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 

25 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 
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1 (3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of 

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

3 regulation). 

4 SEC. 747. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth5 erwise made available by this Act shall be used to imple6 ment, or to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to 

7 implement, any regulations under the Richard B. Russell 

8 National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the 

9 Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), the 

10 Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (Public Law 

11 111–296), or any other law that would require a reduction 

12 in the quantity of sodium contained in federally reim13 bursed meals and snacks below Target 1 (as described in 

14 section 220.8(f)(3) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations 

15 (or successor regulations)) until scientific research sup16 ports the reduction for children. 

17 (b)(1) Not later than 180 days after the date of en18 actment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall sub19 mit to Congress a report that assesses whether there is 

20 an acceptable range of whole grain products currently 

21 available to allow schools to plan menus that are compliant 

22 with the whole grain requirements in effect as of July 1, 

23 2014, as described in section 210.10 of title 7, Code of 

24 Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment 

25 of this Act). 
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1 (2) If under paragraph (1), the Secretary determines 

2 a whole grain product to be of insufficient quantity or un3 acceptable quality, the Secretary shall identify alternative 

4 products that would be considered to meet the require5 ments until such time as the Secretary determines that 

6 whole grain products are of sufficient quantity and qual7 ity. 

8 (c)(1) Not later than 90 days after the date of enact9 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit 

10 to Congress a report that contains a comprehensive plan 

11 to provide enhanced training and technical assistance to 

12 schools, school food authorities, and State agencies to 

13 meet the requirements of the final rule entitled ‘‘Nutrition 

14 Standards in the National School Lunch and School 

15 Breakfast Programs’’ (77 Fed. Reg. 4088; January 26, 

16 2012). 

17 (2) The plan shall include strategies to help schools 

18 reduce plate waste and maintain or improve participation 

19 in the school lunch program established under the Richard 

20 B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 

21 et seq.) and the school breakfast program established by 

22 section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 

23 1773). 
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1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De2 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

3 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 
Calendar No. 390 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2389 

[Report No. 113–164] 

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 

MAY 22, 2014 

Read twice and placed on the calendar