111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2997 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 

programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, 

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, 
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1 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

2 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag3 riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra4 tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 

5 ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes, 

6 namely: 

7 TITLE I 

8 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

9 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND MARKETING

10 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 

12 of Agriculture, $5,285,000: Provided, That not to exceed 

13 $11,000 of this amount shall be available for official recep14 tion and representation expenses, not otherwise provided 

15 for, as determined by the Secretary. 

16 OFFICE OF TRIBAL RELATIONS

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of Tribal Rela18 tions, $1,000,000, to support communication and con19 sultation activities with Federally Recognized Tribes, as 

20 well as other requirements established by law. 

21 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

22 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 

24 Economist, $13,032,000 (reduced by $50,000). 
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1 NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

2 For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi3 sion, $15,289,000. 

4 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 

6 Program Analysis, $9,436,000. 

7 OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Homeland Se9 curity, $2,494,000. 

10 OFFICE OF ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy and 

12 Outreach, $3,000,000. 

13 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In15 formation Officer, $61,579,000 (reduced by $2,000,000) 

16 (reduced by $1,000,000) (reduced by $10,038,000). 

17 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi19 nancial Officer, $6,466,000: Provided, That no funds 

20 made available by this appropriation may be obligated for 

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

22 has submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of 

23 both Houses of Congress and the Committee on Oversight 

24 and Government Reform of the House of Representatives 
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1 a report on the Department’s contracting out policies, in2 cluding agency budgets for contracting out. 

3 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

4 RIGHTS

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 

6 Secretary for Civil Rights, $888,000. Office of Civil Rights 

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

8 $23,922,000. 

9 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL

10 PAYMENTS

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu13 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 

14 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis15 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri16 culture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities 

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

18 alterations and other actions needed for the Department 

19 and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con20 figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of 

21 General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im22 provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili23 ties, and for related costs, $326,982,000 (reduced by 

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

25 $224,401,000 (reduced by $500,000) shall be available for 
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1 payments to the General Services Administration for rent; 

2 of which $13,500,000 for payment to the Department of 

3 Homeland Security for building security activities; and of 

4 which $89,081,000 for buildings operations and mainte5 nance expenses: Provided, That the Secretary can use up 

6 to $69,000,000 of these funds to cover shortfalls incurred 

7 in prior year rental payments: Provided further, That the 

8 Secretary is authorized to transfer funds from a Depart9 mental agency to this account to recover the full cost of 

10 the space and security expenses of that agency that are 

11 funded by this account when the actual costs exceed the 

12 agency estimate which will be available for the activities 

13 and payments described herein. 

14 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri17 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

19 9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery 

20 Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $5,125,000, to remain avail21 able until expended: Provided, That appropriations and 

22 funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous 

23 Materials Management may be transferred to any agency 

24 of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements 
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1 pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal 

2 lands. 

3 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 For Departmental Administration, $41,319,000 (re6 duced by $4,000,000), to provide for necessary expenses 

7 for management support services to offices of the Depart8 ment and for general administration, security, repairs and 

9 alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses 

10 not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical 

11 and efficient work of the Department: Provided, That this 

12 appropriation shall be reimbursed from applicable appro13 priations in this Act for travel expenses incident to the 

14 holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Pro15 vided further, That of the amount appropriated, 

16 $13,000,000 is for stabilization and reconstruction activi17 ties to be carried out under the authority provided by title 

18 XIV of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 

19 3101 et seq.) and other applicable laws. 

20 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

21 CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 

24 Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the pro25 grams funded by this Act, including programs involving 
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1 intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the executive 

2 branch, $3,968,000: Provided, That these funds may be 

3 transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture 

4 funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency 

5 level: Provided further, That no funds made available by 

6 this appropriation may be obligated after 30 days from 

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

8 has notified the Committees on Appropriations of both 

9 Houses of Congress on the allocation of these funds by 

10 USDA agency: Provided further, That no other funds ap11 propriated to the Department by this Act shall be available 

12 to the Department for support of activities of congres13 sional relations. 

14 OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of Communica16 tions, $9,722,000. 

17 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

19 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 

20 General Act of 1978, $88,781,000 (increased by 

21 $500,000), including such sums as may be necessary for 

22 contracting and other arrangements with public agencies 

23 and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the In24 spector General Act of 1978, and including not to exceed 

25 $125,000 for certain confidential operational expenses, in-
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1 cluding the payment of informants, to be expended under 

2 the direction of the Inspector General pursuant to Public 

3 Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Public Law 97–98. 

4 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

6 Counsel, $43,601,000. 

7 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

8 EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

10 Secretary for Research, Education and Economics, 

11 $620,000. 

12 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

13 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 

14 Service, $82,478,000 (increased by $50,000). 

15 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

16 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 

17 Statistics Service, $161,830,000, of which up to 

18 $37,908,000 shall be available until expended for the Cen19 sus of Agriculture. 

20 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 

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

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

25 for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of 
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1 equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of money 

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

3 total value of the land or interests transferred out of Fed4 eral ownership, $1,155,568,000 (increased by 

5 $2,000,000): Provided, That appropriations hereunder 

6 shall be available for the operation and maintenance of 

7 aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one for replace8 ment only: Provided further, That appropriations here9 under shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for 

10 the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and 

11 improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of 

12 constructing any one building shall not exceed $375,000, 

13 except for headhouses or greenhouses which shall each be 

14 limited to $1,200,000, and except for 10 buildings to be 

15 constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $750,000 

16 each, and the cost of altering any one building during the 

17 fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current re18 placement value of the building or $375,000, whichever 

19 is greater: Provided further, That the limitations on alter20 ations contained in this Act shall not apply to moderniza21 tion or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, 

22 Maryland: Provided further, That appropriations here23 under shall be available for granting easements at the 

24 Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided further, 

25 That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replace-
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1 ment of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 

2 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): 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 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

9 For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve10 ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip11 ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural 

12 research programs of the Department of Agriculture, 

13 where not otherwise provided, $35,000,000, to remain 

14 available until expended. 

15 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND 

16 AGRICULTURE 

17 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

18 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 

19 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 

20 for other expenses, $708,004,000 (increased by 

21 $3,519,000), as follows: to carry out the provisions of the 

22 Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a–i), $215,000,000; for 

23 grants for cooperative forestry research (16 U.S.C. 582a 

24 through a–7), $28,000,000; for payments to eligible insti25 tutions (7 U.S.C. 3222), $48,000,000, provided that each 
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1 institution receives no less than $1,000,000; for special 

2 grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $70,676,000; for competitive 

3 grants on improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), 

4 $15,945,000; for competitive grants (7 U.S.C. 450(i)(b)), 

5 $210,000,000 (increased by $3,000,000), to remain avail6 able until expended; for the support of animal health and 

7 disease programs (7 U.S.C. 3195), $2,950,000; for the 

8 1994 research grants program for 1994 institutions pur9 suant to section 536 of Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 

10 301 note), $1,610,000, to remain available until expended; 

11 for rangeland research grants (7 U.S.C. 3333), $983,000; 

12 for higher education graduate fellowship grants (7 U.S.C. 

13 3152(b)(6)), $3,859,000, to remain available until ex14 pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for a program pursuant to sec15 tion 1415A of the National Agricultural Research, Exten16 sion, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3151a), 

17 $4,000,000, to remain available until expended; for higher 

18 education challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), 

19 $5,654,000; for a higher education multicultural scholars 

20 program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), $981,000 (increased by 

21 $519,000), to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 

22 2209b); for an education grants program for Hispanic23 serving Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241), $10,000,000; for 

24 competitive grants for the purpose of carrying out all pro25 visions of 7 U.S.C. 3156 to individual eligible institutions 
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1 or consortia of eligible institutions in Alaska and in Ha2 waii, with funds awarded equally to each of the States of 

3 Alaska and Hawaii, $3,196,000; for a secondary agri4 culture education program and 2-year post-secondary edu5 cation (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)), $983,000; for aquaculture 

6 grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), $3,928,000; for sustainable agri7 culture research and education (7 U.S.C. 5811), 

8 $14,399,000; for a program of capacity building grants 

9 (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to institutions eligible to receive 

10 funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222, $20,000,000, to 

11 remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for pay12 ments to the 1994 Institutions pursuant to section 

13 534(a)(1) of Public Law 103–382, $3,342,000; for resi14 dent instruction grants for insular areas under section 

15 1491 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, 

16 and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3363), 

17 $1,000,000; for distance education grants for insular 

18 areas under section 1490 of the National Agricultural Re19 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

20 U.S.C. 3362), $1,000,000; for competitive grants for the 

21 purpose of carrying out section 7526 of the Food, Con22 servation, and Energy Act of 2008 to eligible institutions, 

23 $3,000,000; for a new era rural technology program pur24 suant to section 1473E of the National Agricultural Re25 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
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1 U.S.C. 3319e), $1,000,000; and for necessary expenses of 

2 Research and Education Activities, $38,498,000, of which 

3 $2,704,000 for the Research, Education, and Economics 

4 Information System and $2,136,000 for the Electronic 

5 Grants Information System, are to remain available until 

6 expended. 

7 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

8 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

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

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

11 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

12 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

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

14 Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $485,466,000, 

15 as follows: payments for cooperative extension work under 

16 the Smith-Lever Act, to be distributed under sections 3(b) 

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

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

19 costs for extension agents, $295,000,000; payments for 

20 extension work at the 1994 Institutions under the Smith21 Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $4,321,000; payments for 

22 the nutrition and family education program for low-income 

23 areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $68,000,000; pay24 ments for the pest management program under section 

25 3(d) of the Act, $9,791,000; payments for the farm safety 
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1 program under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,863,000; pay2 ments for New Technologies for Ag Extension under sec3 tion 3(d) of the Act, $1,500,000; payments to upgrade re4 search, extension, and teaching facilities at institutions eli5 gible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222, 

6 $21,000,000, to remain available until expended; pay7 ments for youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the 

8 Smith-Lever Act, $8,396,000; for youth farm safety edu9 cation and certification extension grants, to be awarded 

10 competitively under section 3(d) of the Act, $479,000; 

11 payments for carrying out the provisions of the Renewable 

12 Resources Extension Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1671 et 

13 seq.), $4,008,000; payments for the federally recognized 

14 Tribes Extension Program under section 3(d) of the 

15 Smith-Lever Act, $3,000,000; payments for sustainable 

16 agriculture programs under section 3(d) of the Act, 

17 $4,568,000; payments for cooperative extension work by 

18 eligible institutions (7 U.S.C. 3221), $44,000,000, pro19 vided that each institution receives no less than 

20 $1,000,000; for grants to youth organizations pursuant to 

21 7 U.S.C. 7630, $1,800,000; payments to carry out the 

22 food animal residue avoidance database program as au23 thorized by 7 U.S.C. 7642, $806,000; and for necessary 

24 expenses of Extension Activities, $13,934,000. 
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1 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

2 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

3 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex4 penses, $60,022,000, as follows: for competitive grants 

5 programs authorized under section 406 of the Agricultural 

6 Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 

7 (7 U.S.C. 7626), $45,148,000, including $12,649,000 for 

8 the water quality program, $14,596,000 for the food safe9 ty program, $4,096,000 for the regional pest management 

10 centers program, $4,388,000 for the Food Quality Protec11 tion Act risk mitigation program for major food crop sys12 tems, $1,365,000 for the crops affected by Food Quality 

13 Protection Act implementation, $3,054,000 for the methyl 

14 bromide transition program, and $5,000,000 for the or15 ganic transition program; for a competitive international 

16 science and education grants program authorized under 

17 section 1459A of the National Agricultural Research, Ex18 tension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 

19 3292b), to remain available until expended, $3,000,000; 

20 for grants programs authorized under section 2(c)(1)(B) 

21 of Public Law 89–106, as amended, $732,000, to remain 

22 available until September 30, 2011, for the critical issues 

23 program; $1,312,000 for the regional rural development 

24 centers program; and $9,830,000 for the Food and Agri25 culture Defense Initiative authorized under section 1484 
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1 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 

2 Teaching Policy Act of 1977, to remain available until 

3 September 30, 2011. 

4 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING

5 AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

7 Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 

8 $753,000. 

9 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 

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

14 representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 

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

16 $881,019,000, of which $2,058,000 shall be available for 

17 the control of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases, animal 

18 diseases and for control of pest animals and birds to the 

19 extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of which 

20 $23,390,000 shall be used for the cotton pests program 

21 for cost share purposes or for debt retirement for active 

22 eradication zones; of which $60,243,000 shall be used to 

23 prevent and control avian influenza and shall remain avail24 able until expended: Provided, That funds provided for the 

25 contingency fund to meet emergency conditions, informa-
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1 tion technology infrastructure, fruit fly program, emerging 

2 plant pests, cotton pests program, grasshopper and mor3 mon cricket program, the plum pox program, the National 

4 Veterinary Stockpile, up to $1,500,000 in the scrapie pro5 gram for indemnities, up to $1,000,000 for wildlife serv6 ices methods development, up to $1,000,000 of the wildlife 

7 services operations program for aviation safety, and up to 

8 25 percent of the screwworm program shall remain avail9 able until expended: Provided further, That no funds shall 

10 be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis eradi11 cation program for the current fiscal year that does not 

12 require minimum matching by the States of at least 40 

13 percent: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 

14 available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft 

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

16 be for replacement only: Provided further, That, in addi17 tion, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the 

18 agricultural production industry of this country, the Sec19 retary may transfer from other appropriations or funds 

20 available to the agencies or corporations of the Depart21 ment such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be avail22 able only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradi23 cation of contagious or infectious disease or pests of ani24 mals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance 

25 with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Pro-
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1 tection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 

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

3 7772), and any unexpended balances of funds transferred 

4 for such emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal year 

5 shall be merged with such transferred amounts: Provided 

6 further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 

7 pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alter8 ation of leased buildings and improvements, but unless 

9 otherwise provided the cost of altering any one building 

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

11 current replacement value of the building. 

12 In fiscal year 2010, the agency is authorized to collect 

13 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist14 ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 

15 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 

16 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 

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

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

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

20 fees shall be credited to this account, to remain available 

21 until expended, without further appropriation, for pro22 viding such assistance, goods, or services. 

23 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

24 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte25 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al-
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1 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 

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

3 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $4,712,000, to remain avail4 able until expended. 

5 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

6 MARKETING SERVICES

7 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 

8 Service, $90,848,000: Provided, That this appropriation 

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

10 alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but 

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

12 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 

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

14 of standardization activities, as established by regulation 

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

16 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

17 Not to exceed $64,583,000 (from fees collected) shall 

18 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra19 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 

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

21 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 

22 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

23 Congress. 
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1 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

2 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

7 related operating expenses, including not less than 

8 $20,000,000 for replacement of a system to support com9 modity purchases, except for: (1) transfers to the Depart10 ment of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife 

11 Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise provided 

12 in this Act; and (3) not more than $20,056,000 for formu13 lation and administration of marketing agreements and 

14 orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement 

15 Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961. 

16 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

17 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 

18 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 

19 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul20 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 

21 $1,334,000. 
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1 GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Grain Inspection, 

5 Packers and Stockyards Administration, $41,964,000: 

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

8 of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering 

9 any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 

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

12 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

13 EXPENSES

14 Not to exceed $42,463,000 (from fees collected) shall 

15 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 

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

18 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 

19 exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com20 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. Of21 fice of the Under Secretary for Food Safety For necessary 

22 expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Food 

23 Safety, $622,000. 
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1 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

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

4 Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 

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

6 allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 

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

8 $1,018,520,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred9 ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab10 oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 

11 Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 

12 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That no fewer than 120 full13 time equivalent positions shall be employed during fiscal 

14 year 2010 for purposes dedicated solely to inspections and 

15 enforcement related to the Humane Methods of Slaughter 

16 Act: Provided further, That of the amount available under 

17 this heading, $3,000,000 shall be obligated to maintain 

18 the Humane Animal Tracking System as part of the Pub19 lic Health Data Communication Infrastructure System: 

20 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

21 pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and 

22 repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of al23 tering any one building during the fiscal year shall not 

24 exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the 

25 building. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND

2 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

4 Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, 

5 $662,000. 

6 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 

10 $1,253,777,000 (reduced by $5,000,000): Provided, That 

11 the Secretary is authorized to use the services, facilities, 

12 and authorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity 

13 Credit Corporation to make program payments for all pro14 grams administered by the Agency: Provided further, That 

15 other funds made available to the Agency for authorized 

16 activities may be advanced to and merged with this ac17 count. 

18 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

19 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul20 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101– 

21 5106), $4,000,000. 

22 GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

23 For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 

24 groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 
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1 the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2), 

2 $5,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

3 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 

6 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 

7 products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as 

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

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

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

14 12). 

15 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

16 ACCOUNT

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

22 loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), direct and guaranteed conservation 

23 loans (7 U.S.C. 1924 et seq.), and Indian highly 

24 fractionated land loans (25 U.S.C. 488), to be available 

25 from funds in the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as 
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1 follows: farm ownership loans, $1,892,990,000, of which 

2 $1,500,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed 

3 loans and $392,990,000 shall be for direct loans; oper4 ating loans, $1,994,467,000, of which $1,150,000,000 

5 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $144,467,000 

6 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans and $700,000,000 

7 shall be for direct loans; Indian tribe land acquisition 

8 loans, $3,940,000; conservation loans, $150,000,000, of 

9 which $75,000,000 shall be for guaranteed loans and 

10 $75,000,000 shall be for direct loans; Indian highly 

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

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

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

14 weevil for the purpose of boll weevil eradication program 

15 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: farm 

19 ownership loans, $21,584,000, of which $5,550,000 shall 

20 be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, and $16,034,000 

21 shall be for direct loans; operating loans, $80,402,000, of 

22 which $26,910,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed 

23 loans, $20,312,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed 

24 loans, and $33,180,000 shall be for direct loans; conserva25 tion loans, $1,343,000, of which $278,000 shall be for 
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1 guaranteed loans, and $1,065,000 shall be for direct 

2 loans; and Indian highly fractionated land loans, 

3 $793,000. 

4 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

5 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

6 $326,093,000 (reduced by $519,000), of which 

7 $318,173,000 (reduced by $519,000) shall be transferred 

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

9 Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

10 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 

11 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, 

12 operating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed 

13 loans may be transferred among these programs: Pro14 vided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both 

15 Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in ad16 vance of any transfer. 

17 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

18 For necessary expenses of the Risk Management 

19 Agency, $80,325,000: Provided, That the funds made 

20 available under section 522(e) of the Federal Crop Insur21 ance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(e)) may be used for the Common 

22 Information Management System: Provided further, That 

23 not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official recep24 tion and representation expenses, as authorized by 7 

25 U.S.C. 1506(i). 
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1 CORPORATIONS 

2 The following corporations and agencies are hereby 

3 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 

4 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor5 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make 

6 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

7 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 

8 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 

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

10 fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here11 inafter provided. 

12 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

13 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the 

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

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

16 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

17 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec20 essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 

21 net realized losses sustained, but not previously reim22 bursed, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 

23 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds 

24 available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under sec25 tion 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act 
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1 (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its business with the 

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

3 transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural Serv4 ice for information resource management activities of the 

5 Foreign Agricultural Service that are not related to Com6 modity Credit Corporation business. 

7 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

8 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

9 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 

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

11 site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations 

12 and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 

13 of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

15 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation 

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

17 TITLE II 

18 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 

19 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL

20 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

22 Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, 

23 $774,000. 
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1 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

2 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

3 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi4 sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), 

5 including preparation of conservation plans and establish6 ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including 

7 farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas8 ures for soil and water management as may be necessary 

9 to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con10 trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva11 tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of 

12 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, 

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

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

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

16 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection or alter17 ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build18 ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 

19 $869,397,000 (increased by $5,000,000), to remain avail20 able until September 30, 2011: Provided, That appropria21 tions hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 

22 2250 for construction and improvement of buildings and 

23 public improvements at plant materials centers, except 

24 that the cost of alterations and improvements to other 

25 buildings and other public improvements shall not exceed 
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1 $250,000: Provided further, That when buildings or other 

2 structures are erected on non-Federal land, that the right 

3 to use such land is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 

4 2250a. 

5 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

6 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas7 ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op8 erations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, 

9 rehabilitation of existing works and changes in use of land, 

10 in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood 

11 Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001–1005 and 1007–1009), 

12 the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 

13 590a–f), and in accordance with the provisions of laws re14 lating to the activities of the Department, $20,000,000, 

15 to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to 

16 exceed $12,000,000 of this appropriation shall be available 

17 for technical assistance. 

18 WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

19 For necessary expenses to carry out rehabilitation of 

20 structural measures, in accordance with section 14 of the 

21 Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 

22 U.S.C. 1012), and in accordance with the provisions of 

23 laws relating to the activities of the Department, 

24 $40,161,000, to remain available until expended. 
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1 RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

2 For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out 

3 projects for resource conservation and development and 

4 for sound land use pursuant to the provisions of sections 

5 31 and 32 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 

6 U.S.C. 1010–1011; 76 Stat. 607); the Act of April 27, 

7 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f); and subtitle H of title XV of 

8 the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451– 

9 3461), $50,730,000: Provided, That not to exceed 

10 $3,073,000 shall be available for national headquarters ac11 tivities. 

12 TITLE III 

13 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

14 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

15 DEVELOPMENT

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

17 Secretary for Rural Development, $660,000. 

18 RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis21 tration and implementation of programs in the Rural De22 velopment mission area, including activities with institu23 tions concerning the development and operation of agricul24 tural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; 

25 $195,987,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
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1 provision of law, funds appropriated under this section 

2 may be used for advertising and promotional activities 

3 that support the Rural Development mission area: Pro4 vided further, That not more than $10,000 may be ex5 pended to provide modest nonmonetary awards to non6 USDA employees: Provided further, That any balances 

7 available from prior years for the Rural Utilities Service, 

8 Rural Housing Service, and the Rural Business-Coopera9 tive Service salaries and expenses accounts shall be trans10 ferred to and merged with this appropriation. 

11 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

12 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di15 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 

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

17 rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $7,325,932,000 

18 for loans to section 502 borrowers, of which 

19 $1,121,488,000 shall be for direct loans, and of which 

20 $6,204,444,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed 

21 loans; $34,412,000 for section 504 housing repair loans; 

22 $80,000,000 for section 515 rental housing; $129,090,000 

23 for section 538 guaranteed multi-family housing loans; 

24 $5,045,000 for section 524 site loans; $11,448,000 for 

25 credit sales of acquired property, of which up to 
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1 $1,448,000 may be for multi-family credit sales; and 

2 $4,970,000 for section 523 self-help housing land develop3 ment loans. 

4 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

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

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

7 502 loans, $130,334,000, of which $40,710,000 shall be 

8 for direct loans, and of which $89,624,000, to remain 

9 available until expended, shall be for unsubsidized guaran10 teed loans; section 504 housing repair loans, $4,422,000; 

11 repair, rehabilitation, and new construction of section 515 

12 rental housing, $21,792,000; section 538 multi-family 

13 housing guaranteed loans, $1,485,000; and credit sales of 

14 acquired property, $556,000: Provided, That of the total 

15 amount appropriated in this paragraph, $2,500,000 shall 

16 be available through June 30, 2010, for authorized em17 powerment zones and enterprise communities and commu18 nities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural 

19 Economic Area Partnership Zones: Provided further, That 

20 section 538 multi-family housing guaranteed loans funded 

21 pursuant to this paragraph shall not be subject to a guar22 antee fee and the interest on such loans may not be sub23 sidized: Provided further, That any balances for a dem24 onstration program for the preservation and revitalization 

25 of the section 515 multi-family rental housing properties 
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1 as authorized by Public Law 109–97 and Public Law 110– 

2 5 shall be transferred to and merged with the‘‘Rural 

3 Housing Service, Multi-family Housing Revitalization Pro4 gram Account’’. 

5 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

6 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

7 $468,593,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

8 appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex9 penses’’. 

10 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

11 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re12 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 

13 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 

14 payments for eligible households as authorized by section 

15 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $980,000,000; 

16 and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as au17 thorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt 

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

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

20 Provided, That of this amount, up to $5,958,000 shall be 

21 available for debt forgiveness or payments for eligible 

22 households as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the 

23 Act, and not to exceed $50,000 per project for advances 

24 to nonprofit organizations or public agencies to cover di25 rect costs (other than purchase price) incurred in pur-
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1 chasing projects pursuant to section 502(c)(5)(C) of the 

2 Act: Provided further, That of this amount not less than 

3 $2,030,000 is available for newly constructed units fi4 nanced by section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949, and 

5 not less than $3,400,000 is for newly constructed units 

6 financed under sections 514 and 516 of the Housing Act 

7 of 1949: Provided further, That rental assistance agree8 ments entered into or renewed during the current fiscal 

9 year shall be funded for a one-year period: Provided fur10 ther, That any unexpended balances remaining at the end 

11 of such one-year agreements may be transferred and used 

12 for the purposes of any debt reduction; maintenance, re13 pair, or rehabilitation of any existing projects; preserva14 tion; and rental assistance activities authorized under title 

15 V of the Act: Provided further, That rental assistance pro16 vided under agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 

17 2010 for a farm labor multi-family housing project fi18 nanced under section 514 or 516 of the Act may not be 

19 recaptured for use in another project until such assistance 

20 has remained unused for a period of 12 consecutive 

21 months, if such project has a waiting list of tenants seek22 ing such assistance or the project has rental assistance 

23 eligible tenants who are not receiving such assistance: Pro24 vided further, That such recaptured rental assistance shall, 

25 to the extent practicable, be applied to another farm labor 
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1 multi-family housing project financed under section 514 

2 or 516 of the Act. 

3 MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM

4 ACCOUNT

5 For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 

6 under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but not7 withstanding subsection (b) of such section, for the cost 

8 to conduct a housing demonstration program to provide 

9 revolving loans for the preservation of low-income multi10 family housing projects, and for additional costs to con11 duct a demonstration program for the preservation and 

12 revitalization of multi-family rental housing properties de13 scribed in this paragraph, $31,756,000, to remain avail14 able until expended: Provided, That of the funds made 

15 available under this heading, $4,965,000 shall be available 

16 for rural housing vouchers to any low-income household 

17 (including those not receiving rental assistance) residing 

18 in a property financed with a section 515 loan which has 

19 been prepaid after September 30, 2005: Provided further, 

20 That the amount of such voucher shall be the difference 

21 between comparable market rent for the section 515 unit 

22 and the tenant paid rent for such unit: Provided further, 

23 That funds made available for such vouchers shall be sub24 ject to the availability of annual appropriations: Provided 

25 further, That the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent 
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1 practicable, administer such vouchers with current regula2 tions and administrative guidance applicable to section 8 

3 housing vouchers administered by the Secretary of the De4 partment of Housing and Urban Development: Provided 

5 further, That if the Secretary determines that the amount 

6 made available for vouchers in this or any other Act is 

7 not needed for vouchers, the Secretary may use such funds 

8 for the demonstration programs for the preservation and 

9 revitalization of multi-family rental housing properties de10 scribed in this paragraph: Provided further, That of the 

11 funds made available under this heading, $1,791,000 shall 

12 be available for the cost of loans to private nonprofit orga13 nizations, or such nonprofit organizations’ affiliate loan 

14 funds and State and local housing finance agencies, to 

15 carry out a housing demonstration program to provide re16 volving loans for the preservation of low-income multi-fam17 ily housing projects: Provided further, That loans under 

18 such demonstration program shall have an interest rate 

19 of not more than 1 percent direct loan to the recipient: 

20 Provided further, That the Secretary may defer the inter21 est and principal payment to the Rural Housing Service 

22 for up to 3 years and the term of such loans shall not 

23 exceed 30 years: Provided further, That of the funds made 

24 available under this heading, $25,000,000 shall be avail25 able for a demonstration program for the preservation and 
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1 revitalization of the sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-fam2 ily rental housing properties to restructure existing USDA 

3 multi-family housing loans, as the Secretary deems appro4 priate, expressly for the purposes of ensuring the project 

5 has sufficient resources to preserve the project for the pur6 pose of providing safe and affordable housing for low-in7 come residents and farm laborers including reducing or 

8 eliminating interest; deferring loan payments, subordi9 nating, reducing or reamortizing loan debt; and other fi10 nancial assistance including advances, payments and in11 centives (including the ability of owners to obtain reason12 able returns on investment) required by the Secretary: 

13 Provided further, That the Secretary shall as part of the 

14 preservation and revitalization agreement obtain a restric15 tive use agreement consistent with the terms of the re16 structuring: Provided further, That if the Secretary deter17 mines that additional funds for vouchers described in this 

18 paragraph are needed, funds for the preservation and revi19 talization demonstration program may be used for such 

20 vouchers: Provided further, That if Congress enacts legis21 lation to permanently authorize a section 515 multi-family 

22 rental housing loan restructuring program similar to the 

23 demonstration program described herein, the Secretary 

24 may use funds made available for the demonstration pro25 gram under this heading to carry out such legislation with 
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1 the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations 

2 of both Houses of Congress. 

3 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

4 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 

5 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 

6 1490c), $45,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

7 Provided, That of the total amount appropriated, 

8 $1,000,000 shall be available through June 30, 2010, for 

9 authorized empowerment zones and enterprise commu10 nities and communities designated by the Secretary of Ag11 riculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 

12 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For grants and contracts for very low-income housing 

15 repair, supervisory and technical assistance, compensation 

16 for construction defects, and rural housing preservation 

17 made by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized by 42 

18 U.S.C. 1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 1490m, $45,500,000, 

19 to remain available until expended, of which $4,000,000 

20 shall be for grants authorized by section 14204 of the 

21 Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008: Provided, 

22 That of the total amount appropriated, $1,200,000 shall 

23 be available through June 30, 2010, for authorized em24 powerment zones and enterprise communities and commu25 nities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural 
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1 Economic Area Partnership Zones: Provided further, That 

2 any balances to carry out a housing demonstration pro3 gram to provide revolving loans for the preservation of 

4 low-income multi-family housing projects as authorized in 

5 Public Law 108–447 and Public Law 109–97 shall be 

6 transferred to and merged with the ‘‘Rural Housing Serv7 ice, Multi-family Housing Revitalization Program Ac8 count’’. 

9 FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT

10 For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, 

11 as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $22,523,000, 

12 to remain available until expended, for direct farm labor 

13 housing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and 

14 contracts. 

15 RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

18 grants for rural community facilities programs as author19 ized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) 

20 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 

21 $51,091,000, to remain available until expended: Pro22 vided, That $6,256,000 of the amount appropriated under 

23 this heading shall be available for a Rural Community De24 velopment Initiative: Provided further, That such funds 

25 shall be used solely to develop the capacity and ability of 
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1 private, nonprofit community-based housing and commu2 nity development organizations, low-income rural commu3 nities, and Federally Recognized Native American Tribes 

4 to undertake projects to improve housing, community fa5 cilities, community and economic development projects in 

6 rural areas: Provided further, That such funds shall be 

7 made available to qualified private, nonprofit and public 

8 intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a pro9 gram of financial and technical assistance: Provided fur10 ther, That such intermediary organizations shall provide 

11 matching funds from other sources, including Federal 

12 funds for related activities, in an amount not less than 

13 funds provided: Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the 

14 amount appropriated under this heading shall be to pro15 vide grants for facilities in rural communities with extreme 

16 unemployment and severe economic depression (Public 

17 Law 106–387), with up to 5 percent for administration 

18 and capacity building in the State rural development of19 fices: Provided further, That $3,972,000 of the amount ap20 propriated under this heading shall be available for com21 munity facilities grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by 

22 section 306(a)(19) of such Act: Provided further, That not 

23 to exceed $1,000,000 of the amount appropriated under 

24 this heading shall be available through June 30, 2010, for 

25 authorized empowerment zones and enterprise commu-
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1 nities and communities designated by the Secretary of Ag2 riculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for 

3 the rural community programs described in section 

4 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop5 ment Act: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 

6 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

7 Act are not applicable to the funds made available under 

8 this heading: Provided further, That any prior balances in 

9 the Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement 

10 Program account for programs authorized by section 306 

11 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act be trans12 ferred and merged with this account and any other prior 

13 balances from the Rural Development, Rural Community 

14 Advancement Program account that the Secretary deter15 mines is appropriate to transfer. 

16 RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE

17 RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

20 rural business development programs authorized by sec21 tions 306 and 310B and described in sections 310B(f) and 

22 381E(d)(3) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop23 ment Act, $97,116,000, to remain available until ex24 pended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated under 

25 this heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made avail-
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1 able for a grant to a qualified national organization to pro2 vide technical assistance for rural transportation in order 

3 to promote economic development and $2,979,000 shall be 

4 for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 1921 

5 et seq.) for any Rural Community Advancement Program 

6 purpose as described in section 381E(d) of the Consoli7 dated Farm and Rural Development Act, of which not 

8 more than 5 percent may be used for administrative ex9 penses: Provided further, That $4,000,000 of the amount 

10 appropriated under this heading shall be for business 

11 grants to benefit Federally Recognized Native American 

12 Tribes, including $250,000 for a grant to a qualified na13 tional organization to provide technical assistance for 

14 rural transportation in order to promote economic develop15 ment: Provided further, That not to exceed $8,300,000 of 

16 the amount appropriated under this heading shall be avail17 able through June 30, 2010, for authorized empowerment 

18 zones and enterprise communities and communities des19 ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 

20 Area Partnership Zones for the rural business and cooper21 ative development programs described in section 

22 381E(d)(3) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop23 ment Act: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 

24 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

25 Act are not applicable to funds made available under this 
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1 heading: Provided further, That any prior balances in the 

2 Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement Pro3 gram account for programs authorized by sections 306 

4 and 310B and described in sections 310B(f) and 

5 381E(d)(3) of such Act be transferred and merged with 

6 this account and any other prior balances from the Rural 

7 Development, Rural Community Advancement Program 

8 account that the Secretary determines is appropriate to 

9 transfer. 

10 RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author13 ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 

14 9812(a)), $33,536,000. For the cost of direct loans, 

15 $8,464,000, as authorized by the Rural Development 

16 Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), of which $1,035,000 

17 shall be available through June 30, 2010, for Federally 

18 Recognized Native American Tribes and of which 

19 $2,070,000 shall be available through June 30, 2010, for 

20 Mississippi Delta Region counties (as determined in ac21 cordance with Public Law 100–460): Provided, That such 

22 costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 

23 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

24 of 1974: Provided further, That of the total amount appro25 priated, $880,000 shall be available through June 30, 
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1 2010, for the cost of direct loans for authorized empower2 ment zones and enterprise communities and communities 

3 designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Eco4 nomic Area Partnership Zones. In addition, for adminis5 trative expenses to carry out the direct loan programs, 

6 $4,941,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

7 appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex8 penses’’. 

9 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

10 ACCOUNT

11 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

12 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author13 ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, 

14 for the purpose of promoting rural economic development 

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

16 Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of 

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

18 Electrification Act of 1936, $43,000,000 shall not be obli19 gated and $43,000,000 are rescinded. 

20 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

21 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 

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

23 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $30,636,000, of 

24 which $300,000 shall be for a cooperative research agree25 ment with a qualified academic institution to conduct re-
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1 search on the national economic impact of all types of co2 operatives; and of which $2,582,000 shall be for coopera3 tive agreements for the appropriate technology transfer 

4 for rural areas program: Provided, That not to exceed 

5 $3,463,000 shall be for cooperatives or associations of co6 operatives whose primary focus is to provide assistance to 

7 small, socially disadvantaged producers and whose gov8 erning board and/or membership is comprised of at least 

9 75 percent socially disadvantaged members; and of which 

10 $18,867,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

11 for value-added agricultural product market development 

12 grants, as authorized by section 231 of the Agricultural 

13 Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note). 

14 RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM

15 For the cost of a program of loan guarantees and 

16 grants, under the same terms and conditions as authorized 

17 by section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest18 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $20,000,000 (in19 creased by $2,000,000): Provided, That the cost of loan 

20 guarantees, including the cost of modifying such loans, 

21 shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

22 Budget Act of 1974. 
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1 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

2 RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

6 and solid waste management programs authorized by sec7 tions 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, and 310B and described 

8 in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, and 381E(d)(2) of the Con9 solidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 

10 $546,230,000 (increased by $10,038,000), to remain 

11 available until expended, of which not to exceed $497,000 

12 shall be available for the rural utilities program described 

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

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

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

16 That $41,085,000 of the amount appropriated under this 

17 heading shall be for loans and grants including water and 

18 waste disposal systems grants authorized by 

19 306C(a)(2)(B) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De20 velopment Act and for Federally recognized Native Amer21 ican Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1): Provided further, 

22 That not to exceed $19,500,000 of the amount appro23 priated under this heading shall be for technical assistance 

24 grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant to sec25 tion 306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the Secretary makes 
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1 a determination of extreme need, of which $6,000,000 

2 shall be made available for a grant to a qualified nonprofit 

3 multi-state regional technical assistance organization, with 

4 experience in working with small communities on water 

5 and waste water problems, the principal purpose of such 

6 grant shall be to assist rural communities with populations 

7 of 3,300 or less, in improving the planning, financing, de8 velopment, operation, and management of water and waste 

9 water systems, and of which not less than $800,000 shall 

10 be for a qualified national Native American organization 

11 to provide technical assistance for rural water systems for 

12 tribal communities: Provided further, That not to exceed 

13 $15,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head14 ing shall be for contracting with qualified national organi15 zations for a circuit rider program to provide technical as16 sistance for rural water systems: Provided further, That 

17 not to exceed $12,700,000 of the amount appropriated 

18 under this heading shall be available through June 30, 

19 2010, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise 

20 communities and communities designated by the Secretary 

21 of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones 

22 for the rural utilities programs described in section 

23 381E(d)(2) of such Act: Provided further, That sections 

24 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

25 Development Act are not applicable to the funds made 
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1 available under this heading: Provided further, That any 

2 prior balances in the Rural Development, Rural Commu3 nity Advancement Program account programs authorized 

4 by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, and 310B and de5 scribed in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, and 381E(d)(2) of 

6 such Act be transferred to and merged with this account 

7 and any other prior balances from the Rural Development, 

8 Rural Community Advancement Program account that the 

9 Secretary determines is appropriate to transfer. 

10 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

11 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans 

14 as authorized by section 305 of the Rural Electrification 

15 Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935) shall be made as follows: 5 

16 percent rural electrification loans, $100,000,000; loans 

17 made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural electric, 

18 $6,500,000,000; 5 percent rural telecommunications 

19 loans, $145,000,000; cost of money rural telecommuni20 cations loans, $250,000,000; and for loans made pursuant 

21 to section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications loans, 

22 $295,000,000. 

23 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

24 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

25 $39,959,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 
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1 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 

2 and Expenses’’. 

3 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND

4 PROGRAM

5 For the principal amount of broadband telecommuni6 cation loans, $400,000,000. 

7 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 

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

9 et seq., $34,755,000, to remain available until expended: 

10 Provided, That the Secretary may use funds under this 

11 heading for grants authorized by 379(g) of the Consoli12 dated Farm and Rural Development Act. 

13 For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by 

14 section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act, $28,960,000, 

15 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

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

17 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

18 In addition, $17,976,000, to remain available until 

19 expended, for a grant program to finance broadband 

20 transmission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning 

21 and Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7 

22 U.S.C. 950aaa. 
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1 TITLE IV 

2 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 

4 NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

6 Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, 

7 $623,000. 

8 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

9 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 In lieu of the amounts made available in section 

12 14222(b) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 

13 2008, for necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 

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

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

16 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 

17 21; $16,799,584,000, to remain available through Sep18 tember 30, 2011, of which $10,051,707,000 is hereby ap19 propriated and $6,747,877,000 shall be derived by trans20 fer from funds available under section 32 of the Act of 

21 August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That of the 

22 total amount available, $5,000,000 shall be available to 

23 be awarded as competitive grants to implement section 

24 4405 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 

25 (Public Law 110–246). 
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1 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

2 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup4 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 

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

6 $7,541,000,000, to remain available through September 

7 30, 2011: Provided, That, notwithstanding section 

8 17(h)(10)(A) of such Act, only the provisions of section 

9 17(h)(10)(B)(i), section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii), and section 

10 17(h)(10)(B)(iii) shall be effective in 2010: Provided fur11 ther, That none of the funds provided in this account shall 

12 be available for the purchase of infant formula except in 

13 accordance with the cost containment and competitive bid14 ding requirements specified in section 17 of such Act: Pro15 vided further, That none of the funds provided shall be 

16 available for activities that are not fully reimbursed by 

17 other Federal Government departments or agencies unless 

18 authorized by section 17 of such Act. 

19 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

20 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and 

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

22 $61,351,846,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain 

23 available through September 30, 2011, shall be placed in 

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

25 as may become necessary to carry out program operations: 
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1 Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended 

2 in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition 

3 Act of 2008: Provided further, That this appropriation 

4 shall be subject to any work registration or workfare re5 quirements as may be required by law: Provided further, 

6 That funds made available for Employment and Training 

7 under this heading shall remain available until expended, 

8 as authorized by section 16(h)(1) of the Food and Nutri9 tion Act of 2008: Provided further, That funds made avail10 able under this heading may be used to enter into con11 tracts and employ staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or 

12 to conduct activities related to program integrity provided 

13 that such activities are authorized by the Food and Nutri14 tion Act of 2008. 

15 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

16 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist17 ance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as 

18 authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con19 sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 

20 Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist21 ance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by sec22 tion 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amend23 ments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farm24 ers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 

25 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $255,570,000, 
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1 to remain available through September 30, 2011, of which 

2 $5,000,000 shall be for emergency food program infra3 structure grants authorized by section 209 of the Emer4 gency Food Assistance Act of 1983: Provided, That of the 

5 amount provided, $5,000,000 is to begin service in 6 addi6 tional States that have plans approved by the Department 

7 for the commodity supplemental food program: Provided 

8 further, That none of these funds shall be available to re9 imburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commod10 ities donated to the program: Provided further, That not11 withstanding any other provision of law, effective with 

12 funds made available in fiscal year 2010 to support the 

13 Seniors Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as author14 ized by section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural In15 vestment Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available 

16 through September 30, 2011: Provided further, That of 

17 the funds made available under section 27(a) of the Food 

18 and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Sec19 retary may use up to 10 percent for costs associated with 

20 the distribution of commodities. 

21 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

22 For necessary administrative expenses of the Food 

23 and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutri24 tion assistance program, $147,801,000. 
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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 $177,136,000: Provided, That the Service may utilize ad12 vances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation for ex13 penditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and 

14 private organizations and institutions under agreements 

15 executed pursuant to the agricultural food production as16 sistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assist17 ance programs of the United States Agency for Inter18 national Development: Provided further, That funds made 

19 available for the cost of agreements under title I of the 

20 Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 

21 1954 and for title I ocean freight differential may be used 

22 interchangeably between the 2 accounts with prior notice 

23 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

24 Congress. 
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1 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD FOR

2 PROGRESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For administrative expenses to carry out the credit 

5 program of title I, Public Law 83–480 and the Food for 

6 Progress Act of 1985, $2,812,000, to be transferred to 

7 and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service 

8 Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

9 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE II GRANTS

10 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth11 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in12 cluding interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act 

13 (Public Law 83–480, as amended), for commodities sup14 plied in connection with dispositions abroad under title II 

15 of said Act, $1,690,000,000, to remain available until ex16 pended. 

17 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS

18 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com21 modity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program, 

22 GSM 102 and GSM 103, $6,820,000; to cover common 

23 overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com24 modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity 

25 with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which 
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1 $6,465,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

2 appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries 

3 and Expenses’’, and of which $355,000 shall be trans4 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm 

5 Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

6 MC GOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR

7 EDUCATION AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

8 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

9 of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest10 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $199,500,000, to 

11 remain available until expended: Provided, That the Com12 modity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the 

13 services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of im14 plementing such section, subject to reimbursement from 

15 amounts provided herein. 

16 TITLE VI 

17 RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG 

18 ADMINISTRATION 

19 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

20 SERVICES 

21 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad25 ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger 
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1 motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 

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

3 activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 

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

5 in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; for miscellaneous 

6 and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, author7 ized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted 

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

9 $25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of Public Law 

10 107–188; $2,995,218,000 (increased by $235,000,000): 

11 Provided, That of the amount provided under this heading, 

12 $578,162,000 shall be derived from prescription drug user 

13 fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h shall be credited to this 

14 account and remain available until expended, and shall not 

15 include any fees pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 379h(a)(2) and 

16 (a)(3) assessed for fiscal year 2011 but collected in fiscal 

17 year 2010; $57,014,000 shall be derived from medical de18 vice user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be 

19 credited to this account and remain available until ex20 pended; $17,280,000 shall be derived from animal drug 

21 user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be cred22 ited to this account and remain available until expended; 

23 $5,106,000 shall be derived from animal generic drug user 

24 fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379f, and shall be credited 

25 to this account and shall remain available until expended; 
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1 and $235,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco product 

2 user fees authorized by section 919 of the Federal Food, 

3 Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as added by section 101 of the 

4 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act 

5 (Public Law 111–31), and shall be credited to this account 

6 and remain available until expended: Provided further, 

7 That fees derived from prescription drug, medical device, 

8 animal drug, animal generic drug, and tobacco product as9 sessments for fiscal year 2010 received during fiscal year 

10 2010, including any such fees assessed prior to fiscal year 

11 2010 but credited for fiscal year 2010, shall be subject 

12 to the fiscal year 2010 limitations: Provided further, That 

13 none of these funds shall be used to develop, establish, 

14 or operate any program of user fees authorized by 31 

15 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of the total amount 

16 appropriated: (1) $782,915,000 shall be for the Center for 

17 Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related field activi18 ties in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $873,104,000 

19 shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research 

20 and related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Af21 fairs; (3) $305,249,000 shall be for the Center for Bio22 logics Evaluation and Research and for related field activi23 ties in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $155,540,000 

24 shall be for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for 

25 related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; 
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1 (5) $349,262,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and 

2 Radiological Health and for related field activities in the 

3 Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $58,745,000 shall be for 

4 the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 

5 $216,523,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Prod6 ucts and for related field activities in the Office of Regu7 latory Affairs; (8) not to exceed $117,225,000 shall be for 

8 Rent and Related activities, of which $41,496,000 is for 

9 White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to 

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

11 exceed $171,526,000 shall be for payments to the General 

12 Services Administration for rent; and (10) not to exceed 

13 $200,129,000 shall be for other activities, including the 

14 Office of the Commissioner; the Office of Scientific and 

15 Medical Programs; the Office of Policy, Planning and Pre16 paredness; the Office of International and Special Pro17 grams; the Office of Operations; and central services for 

18 these offices: Provided further, That none of the funds 

19 made available under this heading shall be used to trans20 fer funds under section 770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, 

21 and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379dd): Provided further, 

22 That funds may be transferred from one specified activity 

23 to another with the prior approval of the Committees on 

24 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
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1 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 

2 42 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized 

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

4 by 21 U.S.C. 360n may be credited to this account, to 

5 remain available until expended. 

6 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

7 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten8 sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili9 ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, 

10 where not otherwise provided, $12,433,000, to remain 

11 available until expended. 

12 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

13 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

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

18 in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $160,600,000, 

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

20 representation expenses: Provided, That $14,600,000 of 

21 the total amount appropriated under this heading shall 

22 not be available for obligation until the Commodity Fu23 tures Trading Commission submits an expenditure plan 

24 for fiscal year 2010 to the Committees on Appropriations 
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1 of the House of Representatives and the Senate and the 

2 Committees approve the whole of the plan. 

3 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

4 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

5 Not to exceed $54,500,000 (from assessments col6 lected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal 

7 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 

8 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 

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

10 limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re11 ceiverships. 

12 TITLE VII 

13 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

14 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

16 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart17 ment of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this 

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

19 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 204 passenger 

20 motor vehicles, of which 170 shall be for replacement only, 

21 and for the hire of such vehicles. 

22 SEC. 702. New obligational authority provided for the 

23 following appropriation items in this Act shall remain 

24 available until expended: Food Safety and Inspection Serv25 ice, Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure 
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1 System; Farm Service Agency, salaries and expenses 

2 funds made available to county committees; Foreign Agri3 cultural Service, middle-income country training program, 

4 and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service 

5 appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctua6 tions in international currency exchange rates, subject to 

7 documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service. 

8 SEC. 703. The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer 

9 unobligated balances of discretionary funds appropriated 

10 by this Act or other available unobligated discretionary 

11 balances of the Department of Agriculture to the Working 

12 Capital Fund for the acquisition of plant and capital 

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

15 benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture: 

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

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

18 Capital Fund without the prior approval of the agency ad19 ministrator: Provided further, That none of the funds 

20 transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this 

21 section shall be available for obligation without the prior 

22 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

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

24 funds appropriated by this Act or made available to the 

25 Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available for 
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1 obligation or expenditure to make any changes to the De2 partment’s National Finance Center without prior ap3 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

4 Houses of Congress as required by section 712 of this Act. 

5 SEC. 704. No part of any appropriation contained in 

6 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

7 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

8 SEC. 705. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 

9 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 

10 agreements or similar arrangements between the United 

11 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu12 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 

13 the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar14 rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 

15 between the two parties. This does not preclude appro16 priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 

17 with such institutions when such indirect costs are com18 puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro19 priations are provided in this Act. 

20 SEC. 706. Appropriations to the Department of Agri21 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 

22 available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 

23 until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 

24 fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop25 ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica-
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1 tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 

2 the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 

3 SEC. 707. Of the funds made available by this Act, 

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

5 expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 

6 panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 

7 of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego8 tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi9 tively awarded grants. 

10 SEC. 708. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

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

12 Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poul13 try Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471). 

14 SEC. 709. No employee of the Department of Agri15 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 

16 office funded by this Act to any other agency or office 

17 of the Department for more than 30 days unless the indi18 vidual’s employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by 

19 the receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses 

20 of the employee for the period of assignment. 

21 SEC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or other22 wise made available to the Department of Agriculture or 

23 the Food and Drug Administration shall be used to trans24 mit or otherwise make available to any non-Department 

25 of Agriculture or non-Department of Health and Human 
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1 Services employee questions or responses to questions that 

2 are a result of information requested for the appropria3 tions hearing process. 

4 SEC. 711. None of the funds made available to the 

5 Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac6 quire new information technology systems or significant 

7 upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor8 mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa9 tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa10 tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 

11 notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 

12 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 

13 Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa14 tion Officer without the prior approval of the Committees 

15 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided 

16 further, That none of the funds available to the Depart17 ment of Agriculture for information technology shall be 

18 obligated for projects over $25,000 prior to receipt of writ19 ten approval by the Chief Information Officer. 

20 SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 

21 or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agen22 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 

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

24 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

25 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 
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1 by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

2 through a reprogramming of funds which— 

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 Committees on Appropriations of both 

14 Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in advance 

15 of such reprogramming of funds. 

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

18 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

19 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

20 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

21 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

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

23 for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogram24 ming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, which25 ever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs, 
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1 projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding 

2 for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers 

3 of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

4 (3) results from any general savings from a reduction in 

5 personnel which would result in a change in existing pro6 grams, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; un7 less the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

8 Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such re9 programming of funds. 

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

11 Health and Human Services shall notify the Committees 

12 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress before im13 plementing a program or activity not carried out during 

14 the previous fiscal year unless the program or activity is 

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

16 SEC. 713. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

17 any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex18 penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 

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

20 the Congress of the United States for programs under the 

21 jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agri22 culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra23 tion, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or re24 flects a reduction from the previous year due to user fees 

25 proposals that have not been enacted into law prior to the 
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1 submission of the Budget unless such Budget submission 

2 identifies which additional spending reductions should 

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

4 prior to the date of the convening of a committee of con5 ference for the fiscal year 2011 appropriations Act. 

6 SEC. 714. None of the funds made available by this 

7 or any other Act may be used to close or relocate a Rural 

8 Development office unless or until the Secretary of Agri9 culture determines the cost effectiveness and/or enhance10 ment of program delivery: Provided, That not later than 

11 120 days before the date of the proposed closure or reloca12 tion, the Secretary notifies the Committees on Appropria13 tion of the House and Senate, and the members of Con14 gress from the State in which the office is located of the 

15 proposed closure or relocation and provides a report that 

16 describes the justifications for such closures and reloca17 tions. 

18 SEC. 715. None of the funds made available to the 

19 Food and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used 

20 to close or relocate, or to plan to close or relocate, the 

21 Food and Drug Administration Division of Pharma22 ceutical Analysis in St. Louis, Missouri, outside the city 

23 or county limits of St. Louis, Missouri. 

24 SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated or other25 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 
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1 to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 

2 an environmental quality incentives program authorized 

3 by chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security 

4 Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.) in excess of 

5 $1,180,000,000. 

6 SEC. 717. None of the funds made available in fiscal 

7 year 2009 or preceding fiscal years for programs author8 ized under the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) 

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

10 Commodity Credit Corporation for the release of eligible 

11 commodities under section 302(f)(2)(A) of the Bill Emer12 son Humanitarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f–1): Pro13 vided, That any such funds made available to reimburse 

14 the Commodity Credit Corporation shall only be used pur15 suant to section 302(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Bill Emerson Hu16 manitarian Trust Act. 

17 SEC. 718. No funds shall be used to pay salaries and 

18 expenses of the Department of Agriculture to carry out 

19 or administer the program authorized by section 14(h)(1) 

20 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 

21 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)). 

22 SEC. 719. Funds made available under section 1240I 

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

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

25 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in the current fiscal year shall remain 
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1 available until expended to disburse obligations made in 

2 the current fiscal year. 

3 SEC. 720. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

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

5 by an executive branch agency to produce any pre6 packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 

7 in the United States unless the story includes a clear noti8 fication within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 

9 story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 

10 funded by that executive branch agency. 

11 SEC. 721. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

13 an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural 

14 Electrification Act, or any not-for-profit utility that is eli15 gible to receive an insured or direct loan under such Act, 

16 shall be eligible for assistance under section 313(b)(2)(B) 

17 of such Act in the same manner as a borrower under such 

18 Act. 

19 SEC. 722. Of the unobligated balances under section 

20 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, $52,000,000 are hereby 

21 rescinded. 

22 SEC. 723. None of the funds made available in this 

23 Act may be used to establish or implement a rule allowing 

24 poultry products to be imported into the United States 

25 from the People’s Republic of China. 
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1 SEC. 724. None of the funds made available to the 

2 Department of Agriculture in this Act may be used to im3 plement the risk-based inspection program in the 30 pro4 totype locations announced on February 22, 2007, by the 

5 Under Secretary for Food Safety, or at any other loca6 tions, until the USDA Office of Inspector General has pro7 vided its findings to the Food Safety and Inspection Serv8 ice and the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

9 of Representatives and the Senate on the data used in sup10 port of the development and design of the risk-based in11 spection program and FSIS has addressed and resolved 

12 issues identified by OIG. 

13 SEC. 725. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

14 law, and until receipt of the decennial Census in the year 

15 2010, the Secretary of Agriculture shall consider— 

16 (1) the city of Lumberton, North Carolina, and 

17 the city of Sanford, North Carolina (including indi18 viduals and entities with projects within the city), el19 igible for loans and grants funded through the Rural 

20 Community Facilities Program account; 

21 (2) the unincorporated area of Los Osos, Cali22 fornia (including individuals and entities with 

23 projects within the cities), eligible for loans and 

24 grants funded through the Rural Water and Waste 

25 Disposal Program account; and 
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1 (3) the city of Nogales, Arizona (including indi2 viduals and entities with projects within the city), el3 igible for loans and grants funded under the housing 

4 programs of the Rural Housing Service. 

5 SEC. 726. There is hereby appropriated $2,500,000 

6 for section 4404 of Public Law 107–171. 

7 SEC. 727. There is hereby appropriated: 

8 (1) $1,408,000 shall be for a grant to the Wis9 consin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Con10 sumer Protection, as authorized by section 6402 of 

11 the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 

12 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note); 

13 (2) $1,000,000 shall be for development of a 

14 prototype for a national carbon inventory and ac15 counting system for forestry and agriculture, to be 

16 awarded under full and open competition; 

17 (3) $1,000,000 for the International Food Pro18 tection Training Institute; and 

19 (4) $200,000 for the Center for Foodborne Ill20 ness Research and Prevention. 

21 SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

22 law, the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall pro23 vide financial and technical assistance through the Water24 shed and Flood Prevention Operations program to carry 

25 out— 
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1 (1) the Alameda Creek Watershed Project in 

2 Alameda County, California; 

3 (2) the Hurricane Katrina-Related Watershed 

4 Restoration project in Jackson County, Mississippi; 

5 (3) the Pidcock-Mill Creeks Watershed project 

6 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania; 

7 (4) the Farmington River Restoration project in 

8 Litchfield County, Connecticut; 

9 (5) the Lake Oscawana Management and Res10 toration project in Putnam County, New York; and 

11 (6) the Richland Creek Reservoir in Paulding 

12 County, Georgia. 

13 SEC. 729. Section 17(r)(5) of the Richard B. Russell 

14 National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(r)(5)) is 

15 amended— 

16 (1) by inserting ‘‘the District of Columbia and’’ 

17 after the first instance of ‘‘institutions located in’’; 

18 (2) by striking ‘‘ten’’ and inserting ‘‘eleven’’; 

19 (3) by striking ‘‘eight’’ and inserting ‘‘nine’’; 

20 and 

21 (4) by inserting ‘‘Connecticut,’’ after the first 

22 instance of ‘‘States shall be’’. 

23 SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

24 law, for the purposes of a grant under section 412 of the 

25 Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform 
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1 Act of 1998, none of the funds in this or any other Act 

2 may be used to prohibit the provision of in-kind support 

3 from non-Federal sources under section 412(e)(3) in the 

4 form of unrecovered indirect costs not otherwise charged 

5 against the grant, consistent with the indirect rate of cost 

6 approved for a recipient. 

7 SEC. 731. None of the funds made available in this 

8 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per9 sonnel to— 

10 (1) inspect horses under section 3 of the Fed11 eral Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 

12 (2) inspect horses under section 903 of the 

13 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 

14 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 

15 (3) implement or enforce section 352.19 of title 

16 9, Code of Federal Regulations. 

17 SEC. 732. The Secretary of Agriculture may author18 ize a State agency to use funds provided in this Act to 

19 exceed the maximum amount of reconstituted liquid con20 centrate infant formula specified in 7 CFR 246.10 when 

21 issuing liquid concentrate infant formula to participants. 

22 SEC. 733. Of the unobligated balances provided pur23 suant to section 16(h)(1)(A) of the Food and Nutrition 

24 Act of 2008, $11,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 
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1 SEC. 734. Of the prior year unobligated balances pro2 vided for the purpose of section 306D of the Consolidated 

3 Farm and Rural Development Act, $25,008,000 is hereby 

4 rescinded. 

5 SEC. 735. There is appropriated, for the grant pro6 gram for the purpose of obtaining and adding to an anhy7 drous ammonia fertilizer nurse tank a substance to reduce 

8 the amount of methamphetamine that can be produced 

9 from any anhydrous ammonia removed from the nurse 

10 tank as authorized by section 14203 of the Food, Con11 servation, and Energy Act of 2008 (21 U.S.C. 864a), 

12 hereby derived from the amount provided in this Act for 

13 ‘‘Rural Development Salaries and Expenses’’, $2,000,000. 

14 SEC. 736. None of the funds appropriated or other15 wise made available by this Act may be used for first-class 

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

17 contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 

18 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
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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, 2010’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 9, 2009. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2997 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Deposes. ending September 30, 2010, and for other pur- Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and