In the Senate of the United States, 
November 1, 2011. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 2112) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year end-
ing September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.’’, do pass 
with the following 
AMENDMENTS: 
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert 
the following: 
DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DE-
VELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMIN-
ISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag-
riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year end-
ing September 30, 2012, and for other purposes, namely:
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TITLE I 
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 
PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND MARKETING 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 
of Agriculture, $4,798,000: Provided, That not to exceed 
$11,000 of this amount shall be available for official recep-
tion and representation expenses, not otherwise provided 
for, as determined by the Secretary. 
OFFICE OF TRIBAL RELATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Tribal Rela-
tions, $473,000, to support communication and consulta-
tion activities with Federally Recognized Tribes, as well as 
other requirements established by law. 
EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Econo-
mist, $11,408,000. 
NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION 
For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi-
sion, $13,514,000. 
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Pro-
gram Analysis, $8,946,000.
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OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY 
COORDINATION 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Homeland Secu-
rity and Emergency Coordination, $1,421,000. 
OFFICE OF ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy and 
Outreach, $1,351,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Infor-
mation Officer, $36,031,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Finan-
cial Officer, $5,935,000: Provided, That no funds made 
available by this appropriation may be obligated for FAIR 
Act or Circular A–76 activities until the Secretary has sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress and the Committee on Oversight and Govern-
ment Reform of the House of Representatives a report on 
the Department’s contracting out policies, including agency 
budgets for contracting out. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL 
RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Civil Rights, $848,000.
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OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$21,558,000. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR 
ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Administration, $764,000. 
AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL 
PAYMENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For payment of space rental and related costs pursu-
ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 
to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Administrator 
of General Services to the Department of Agriculture under 
40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities of the Depart-
ment which are included in this Act, and for alterations 
and other actions needed for the Department and its agen-
cies to consolidate unneeded space into configurations suit-
able for release to the Administrator of General Services, 
and for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and re-
pair of Agriculture buildings and facilities, and for related 
costs, $230,416,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $164,470,000 shall be available for payments to the 
General Services Administration for rent; of which 
$13,800,000 for payment to the Department of Homeland
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Security for building security activities; and of which 
$52,146,000 for buildings operations and maintenance ex-
penses: Provided, That the Secretary may use unobligated 
prior year balances of an agency or office that are no longer 
available for new obligation to cover shortfalls incurred in 
prior year rental payments for such agency or office: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary is authorized to transfer 
funds from a Departmental agency to this account to re-
cover the full cost of the space and security expenses of that 
agency that are funded by this account when the actual 
costs exceed the agency estimate which will be available for 
the activities and payments described herein. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri-
culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 
9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery 
Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $3,792,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That appropriations and 
funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous 
Materials Management may be transferred to any agency 
of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements 
pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal 
lands.
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DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For Departmental Administration, $28,165,000, to 
provide for necessary expenses for management support 
services to offices of the Department and for general admin-
istration, security, repairs and alterations, and other mis-
cellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for 
and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the 
Department: Provided, That this appropriation shall be re-
imbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for 
travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as re-
quired by 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That 
$8,000,000 of the amount made available by this heading 
shall be transferred to carry out the program authorized 
under section 14 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Pre-
vention Act (16 U.S.C. 1012). 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR 
CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the pro-
grams funded by this Act, including programs involving 
intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the executive 
branch, $3,676,000: Provided, That these funds may be 
transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture
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funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency 
level: Provided further, That no funds made available by 
this appropriation may be obligated after 30 days from the 
date of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary has noti-
fied the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress on the allocation of these funds by USDA agency: 
Provided further, That no other funds appropriated to the 
Department by this Act shall be available to the Depart-
ment for support of activities of congressional relations. 
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Communica-
tions, $8,105,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, including employment pursuant to the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, $84,121,000, including such sums as may 
be necessary for contracting and other arrangements with 
public agencies and private persons pursuant to section 
6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, and including 
not to exceed $125,000 for certain confidential operational 
expenses, including the payment of informants, to be ex-
pended under the direction of the Inspector General pursu-
ant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Public Law 
97–98.
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OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 
Counsel, $39,345,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 
EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec-
retary for Research, Education and Economics, $848,000. 
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Serv-
ice, $77,723,000. 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 
Statistics Service, $152,616,000, of which up to $41,639,000 
shall be available until expended for the Census of Agri-
culture. 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 
Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, 
or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for 
land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal 
value or shall be equalized by a payment of money to the 
grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value 
of the land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership, 
$1,094,647,000: Provided, That appropriations hereunder
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shall be available for the operation and maintenance of air-
craft and the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement 
only: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall 
be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, 
alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but 
unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one 
building shall not exceed $375,000, except for headhouses 
or greenhouses which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, 
and except for 10 buildings to be constructed or improved 
at a cost not to exceed $750,000 each, and the cost of alter-
ing any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 
10 percent of the current replacement value of the building 
or $375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That 
the limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall 
not apply to modernization or replacement of existing fa-
cilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That ap-
propriations hereunder shall be available for granting ease-
ments at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Pro-
vided further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply 
to replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of 
April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That 
funds may be received from any State, other political sub-
division, organization, or individual for the purpose of es-
tablishing or operating any research facility or research
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project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 
by law. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 
cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 
for other expenses, $709,825,000, as follows: to carry out 
the provisions of the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a– 
i), $236,334,000; for grants for cooperative forestry research 
(16 U.S.C. 582a through a–7), $32,934,000; for payments 
to eligible institutions (7 U.S.C. 3222), $50,898,000, pro-
vided that each institution receives no less than $1,000,000; 
for special grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $4,181,000; for com-
petitive grants on improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), 
$15,830,000; for competitive grants (7 U.S.C. 450(i)(b)), 
$265,987,000, to remain available until expended; for the 
support of animal health and disease programs (7 U.S.C. 
3195), $2,944,000; for supplemental and alternative crops 
and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d), $833,000; for grants for re-
search pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act 
(7 U.S.C. 178 et seq.), $1,081,000, to remain available until 
expended; for the 1994 research grants program for 1994 
institutions pursuant to section 536 of Public Law 103– 
382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $1,801,000, to remain available 
until expended; for rangeland research grants (7 U.S.C.
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NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND 
For the Native American Institutions Endowment 
Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 
note), $11,880,000, to remain available until expended. 
HISPANIC-SERVING AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES AND 
UNIVERSITIES ENDOWMENT FUND 
For the Hispanic-Serving Agricultural Colleges and 
Universities Endowment Fund under section 1456 (7 
U.S.C. 3243) of the National Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, $10,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 
Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the 
Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $478,179,000, 
as follows: payments for cooperative extension work under 
the Smith-Lever Act, to be distributed under sections 3(b) 
and 3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c) of Public 
Law 93–471, for retirement and employees’ compensation 
costs for extension agents, $295,800,000; payments for ex-
tension work at the 1994 Institutions under the Smith- 
Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $4,312,000; payments for 
the nutrition and family education program for low-income 
areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $67,934,000; payments 
for the pest management program under section 3(d) of the
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Act, $9,918,000; payments for the farm safety program 
under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,610,000; payments for New 
Technologies for Ag Extension under section 3(d) of the Act, 
$1,660,000; payments to upgrade research, extension, and 
teaching facilities at institutions eligible to receive funds 
under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222, $19,730,000, to remain 
available until expended; payments for youth-at-risk pro-
grams under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, 
$7,975,000; for youth farm safety education and certifi-
cation extension grants, to be awarded competitively under 
section 3(d) of the Act, $461,000; payments for carrying 
out the provisions of the Renewable Resources Extension Act 
of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.), $3,929,000; payments for 
the federally recognized Tribes Extension Program under 
section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $3,039,000; payments 
for sustainable agriculture programs under section 3(d) of 
the Act, $4,696,000; payments for rural health and safety 
education as authorized by section 502(i) of Public Law 
92–419 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)), $1,735,000; payments for coop-
erative extension work by eligible institutions (7 U.S.C. 
3221), $42,592,000, provided that each institution receives 
no less than $1,000,000; payments to carry out the food ani-
mal residue avoidance database program as authorized by 
7 U.S.C. 7642, $1,000,000; payments to carry out section 
1672(e)(49) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and
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Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925), as amended, $400,000; 
and for necessary expenses of Extension Activities, 
$8,388,000. 
INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES 
For the integrated research, education, and extension 
grants programs, including necessary administrative ex-
penses, $25,948,000, as follows: for competitive grants pro-
grams authorized under section 406 of the Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 
U.S.C. 7626), $17,964,000, including $8,982,000 for the 
water quality program, $2,994,000 for regional pest man-
agement centers, $1,996,000 for the methyl bromide transi-
tion program, and $3,992,000 for the organic transition 
program; for a competitive international science and edu-
cation grants program authorized under section 1459A of 
the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teach-
ing Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3292b), to remain avail-
able until expended, $998,000; $998,000 for the regional 
rural development centers program; and $5,988,000 for the 
Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative authorized under 
section 1484 of the National Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, to remain available 
until September 30, 2013.
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OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND 
REGULATORY PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec-
retary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, $848,000. 
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service, including up to $30,000 for rep-
resentation allowances and for expenses pursuant to the 
Foreign 
Service 
Act 
of 
1980 
(22 
U.S.C. 
4085), 
$820,110,000, of which $1,000,000, to be available until ex-
pended, shall be available for the control of outbreaks of in-
sects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest 
animals and birds (‘‘contingency fund’’) to the extent nec-
essary to meet emergency conditions; of which $17,848,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be used for the 
cotton pests program for cost share purposes or for debt re-
tirement for active eradication zones; of which $7,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be for Animal 
Disease Traceability; of which $891,000 shall be for activi-
ties under the authority of the Horse Protection Act of 1970, 
as amended (15 U.S.C. 1831); of which $48,733,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be used to support 
avian health; of which $4,474,000, to remain available until
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expended, shall be for information technology infrastruc-
ture; of which $153,950,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for specialty crop pests; of which 
$9,068,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
field crop and rangeland ecosystem pests; of which 
$58,962,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
for tree and wood pests; of which $3,568,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for the National Veteri-
nary Stockpile; of which up to $1,500,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, shall be for the scrapie program for 
indemnities; of which $1,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for wildlife services methods development; 
of which $1,500,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for the wildlife services damage management pro-
gram for aviation safety; and of which $5,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be for the screwworm 
program: Provided further, That no funds shall be used to 
formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication program 
for the current fiscal year that does not require minimum 
matching by the States of at least 40 percent: Provided fur-
ther, That this appropriation shall be available for the oper-
ation and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not 
to exceed four, of which two shall be for replacement only: 
Provided further, That, in addition, in emergencies which 
threaten any segment of the agricultural production indus-
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try of this country, the Secretary may transfer from other 
appropriations or funds available to the agencies or cor-
porations of the Department such sums as may be deemed 
necessary, to be available only in such emergencies for the 
arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious disease 
or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses 
in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal 
Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sec-
tions 431 and 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 
7751 and 7772), and any unexpended balances of funds 
transferred for such emergency purposes in the preceding 
fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred amounts: 
Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be 
available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair 
and alteration of leased buildings and improvements, but 
unless otherwise provided the cost of altering any one build-
ing during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of 
the current replacement value of the building. 
In fiscal year 2012, the agency is authorized to collect 
fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, 
goods, or services requested by States, other political sub-
divisions, domestic and international organizations, foreign 
governments, or individuals, provided that such fees are 
structured such that any entity’s liability for such fees is 
reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, or serv-
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ices provided to the entity by the agency, and such fees shall 
be reimbursed to this account, to remain available until ex-
pended, without further appropriation, for providing such 
assistance, goods, or services. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte-
nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $3,176,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
MARKETING SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 
Service, $82,211,000: Provided, That this appropriation 
shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the 
alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but 
the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 
shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value 
of the building. 
Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 
activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 
U.S.C. 9701).
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LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $62,101,000 (from fees collected) shall be 
obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative 
expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated and/ 
or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed 
this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND 
SUPPLY (SECTION 32) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 
24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity 
program expenses as authorized therein, and other related 
operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the Depart-
ment of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife 
Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise provided in 
this Act; and (3) not more than $20,056,000 for formulation 
and administration of marketing agreements and orders 
pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 
1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961. 
PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS 
For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 
and departments of markets, and similar agencies for mar-
keting activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural 
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,198,000.
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GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Grain Inspection, Pack-
ers and Stockyards Administration, $38,248,000: Provided, 
That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law 
(7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings 
and improvements, but the cost of altering any one building 
during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the cur-
rent replacement value of the building. 
LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES 
EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $50,000,000 (from fees collected) shall be 
obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and 
weighing services: Provided, That if grain export activities 
require additional supervision and oversight, or other un-
controllable factors occur, this limitation may be exceeded 
by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec-
retary for Food Safety, $770,000. 
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized 
by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products
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Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, in-
cluding not to exceed $50,000 for representation allowances 
and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved 
August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $1,006,503,000; and in 
addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account from 
fees collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as au-
thorized by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva-
tion and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That 
funds provided for the Public Health Data Communication 
Infrastructure system shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That no fewer than 148 full-time 
equivalent positions shall be employed during fiscal year 
2012 for purposes dedicated solely to inspections and en-
forcement related to the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act: 
Provided further, That the Food Safety and Inspection 
Service shall continue implementation of section 11016 of 
Public Law 110–246: Provided further, That this appro-
priation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) 
for the alteration and repair of buildings and improve-
ments, but the cost of altering any one building during the 
fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replace-
ment value of the building.
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OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec-
retary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, 
$848,000. 
FARM SERVICE AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 
$1,181,781,000: Provided, That the Secretary is authorized 
to use the services, facilities, and authorities (but not the 
funds) of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make pro-
gram payments for all programs administered by the Agen-
cy: Provided further, That other funds made available to 
the Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to and 
merged with this account: Provided further, That funds 
made available to county committees shall remain available 
until expended. 
STATE MEDIATION GRANTS 
For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul-
tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–5106), 
$3,759,000. 
GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 
groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of
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the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2), 
$3,817,000, to remain available until expended. 
DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 
payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 
products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as 
may be necessary, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such program is carried out by the Secretary 
in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program de-
scribed in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A– 
12). 
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) 
and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, Indian tribe 
land acquisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), boll weevil loans 
(7 U.S.C. 1989), guaranteed conservation loans (7 U.S.C. 
1924 et seq.), and Indian highly fractionated land loans 
(25 U.S.C. 488), to be available from funds in the Agricul-
tural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm ownership
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loans, $1,975,000,000, of which $1,500,000,000 shall be for 
unsubsidized guaranteed loans and $475,000,000 shall be 
for direct loans; operating loans, $2,519,982,000, of which 
$1,500,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, 
and $1,019,982,000 shall be for direct loans; Indian tribe 
land acquisition loans, $2,000,000; guaranteed conservation 
loans, $150,000,000; Indian highly fractionated land loans, 
$10,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication program loans, 
$100,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall deem the 
pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose of boll 
weevil eradication program loans. 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 
the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: direct farm 
ownership 
loans, 
$22,800,000; 
operating 
loans, 
$83,525,000, of which $26,100,000 shall be for unsubsidized 
guaranteed loans, and $57,425,000 shall be for direct loans; 
and Indian highly fractionated land loans, $193,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$297,237,000, of which $289,728,000 shall be transferred to 
and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service 
Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 
Credit Insurance Fund Program Account for farm owner-
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ship, operating and conservation direct loans and guaran-
teed loans may be transferred among these programs: Pro-
vided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in advance 
of any transfer. 
RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agen-
cy, $74,900,000: Provided, That the funds made available 
under section 522(e) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
U.S.C. 1522(e)) may be used for the Common Information 
Management System: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$1,000 shall be available for official reception and represen-
tation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 
CORPORATIONS 
The following corporations and agencies are hereby au-
thorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds 
and borrowing authority available to each such corporation 
or agency and in accord with law, and to make contracts 
and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations 
as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation 
Control Act as may be necessary in carrying out the pro-
grams set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for 
such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided.
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FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND 
For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Fed-
eral Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may 
be necessary, to remain available until expended. 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND 
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec-
essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 
net realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, 
pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 
U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds available to 
the Commodity Credit Corporation under section 11 of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 
714i) for the conduct of its business with the Foreign Agri-
cultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to 
and used by the Foreign Agricultural Service for informa-
tion resource management activities of the Foreign Agricul-
tural Service that are not related to Commodity Credit Cor-
poration business. 
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT 
(LIMITATION ON EXPENSES) 
For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for site in-
vestigation and cleanup expenses, and operations and
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maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement of 
section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 
9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6961). 
TITLE II 
CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL 
RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec-
retary for Natural Resources and Environment, $848,000. 
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions 
of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), including 
preparation of conservation plans and establishment of 
measures to conserve soil and water (including farm irriga-
tion and land drainage and such special measures for soil 
and water management as may be necessary to prevent 
floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricul-
tural related pollutants); operation of conservation plant 
materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; dis-
semination of information; acquisition of lands, water, and 
interests therein for use in the plant materials program by 
donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to
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exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 
428a); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement 
of permanent and temporary buildings; and operation and 
maintenance of aircraft, $828,159,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2013: Provided, That appropriations 
hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for 
construction and improvement of buildings and public im-
provements at plant materials centers, except that the cost 
of alterations and improvements to other buildings and 
other public improvements shall not exceed $250,000: Pro-
vided further, That when buildings or other structures are 
erected on non-Federal land, that the right to use such land 
is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a. 
TITLE III 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec-
retary for Rural Development, $848,000. 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis-
tration and implementation of programs in the Rural De-
velopment mission area, including activities with institu-
tions concerning the development and operation of agricul-
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tural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; 
$182,023,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, funds appropriated under this section 
may be used for advertising and promotional activities that 
support the Rural Development mission area: Provided fur-
ther, That not more than $5,000 may be expended to pro-
vide modest nonmonetary awards to non-USDA employees: 
Provided further, That any balances available from prior 
years for the Rural Utilities Service, Rural Housing Serv-
ice, and the Rural Business—Cooperative Service salaries 
and expenses accounts shall be transferred to and merged 
with this appropriation. 
RURAL HOUSING SERVICE 
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 
Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the rural 
housing insurance fund, as follows: $24,900,000,000 for 
loans to section 502 borrowers, of which $900,000,000 shall 
be for direct loans, and of which $24,000,000,000 shall be 
for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $10,000,000 for section 
504 housing repair loans; $64,478,000 for section 515 rental 
housing; $130,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi- 
family housing loans; $10,000,000 for credit sales of single
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family housing acquired property; and $5,000,000 for sec-
tion 523 self-help housing land development loans. 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 
the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 
502 loans, $42,570,000 shall be for direct loans; section 504 
housing repair loans, $1,421,000; and repair, rehabilita-
tion, and new construction of section 515 rental housing, 
$22,000,000: Provided, That hereafter, the Secretary may 
charge a guarantee fee of up to 4 percent on section 502 
guaranteed loans: Provided further, That to support the 
loan program level for section 538 guaranteed loans made 
available under this heading the Secretary may charge or 
adjust any fees to cover the projected cost of such loan guar-
antees pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Reform Act 
of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), and the interest on such 
loans may not be subsidized: Provided further, That of the 
total amount appropriated in this paragraph, the amount 
equal to the amount of Rural Housing Insurance Fund Pro-
gram Account funds allocated by the Secretary for Rural 
Economic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 2011, 
shall be available through June 30, 2012, for communities 
designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Eco-
nomic Area Partnership Zones: Provided further, That any 
balances for a demonstration program for the preservation
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and revitalization of the section 515 multi-family rental 
housing properties as authorized by Public Law 109–97, 
Public Law 110–5, and Public Law 111–80 shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with the ‘‘Rural Housing Service, 
Multi-family Housing Revitalization Program Account’’. 
In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and 
contracts, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, 
$16,000,000, to remain available until expended, for direct 
farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 
grants and contracts: Provided, That any balances avail-
able for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be trans-
ferred and merged with this account. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$430,800,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex-
penses’’. 
RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For rental assistance agreements entered into or re-
newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 
or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 
payments for eligible households as authorized by section 
502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $904,653,000; 
and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as author-
ized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred
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prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance 
program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That 
of this amount not less than $2,000,000 is available for 
newly constructed units financed by section 515 of the 
Housing Act of 1949, and not less than $2,000,000 is for 
newly constructed units financed under sections 514 and 
516 of the Housing Act of 1949: Provided further, That 
rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed during 
the current fiscal year shall be funded for a 1-year period: 
Provided further, That any unexpended balances remaining 
at the end of such 1-year agreements may be transferred 
and used for the purposes of any debt reduction; mainte-
nance, repair, or rehabilitation of any existing projects; 
preservation; and rental assistance activities authorized 
under title V of the Act: Provided further, That rental as-
sistance provided under agreements entered into prior to 
fiscal year 2012 for a farm labor multi-family housing 
project financed under section 514 or 516 of the Act may 
not be recaptured for use in another project until such as-
sistance has remained unused for a period of 12 consecutive 
months, if such project has a waiting list of tenants seeking 
such assistance or the project has rental assistance eligible 
tenants who are not receiving such assistance: Provided fur-
ther, That such recaptured rental assistance shall, to the 
extent practicable, be applied to another farm labor multi-
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family housing project financed under section 514 or 516 
of the Act. 
MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 
under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but notwith-
standing subsection (b) of such section, and for additional 
costs to conduct a demonstration program for the preserva-
tion and revitalization of multi-family rental housing prop-
erties described in this paragraph, $13,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of the funds made 
available under this heading, $11,000,000, shall be avail-
able for rural housing vouchers to any low-income household 
(including those not receiving rental assistance) residing in 
a property financed with a section 515 loan which has been 
prepaid after September 30, 2005: Provided further, That 
the amount of such voucher shall be the difference between 
comparable market rent for the section 515 unit and the 
tenant paid rent for such unit: Provided further, That funds 
made available for such vouchers shall be subject to the 
availability of annual appropriations: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, administer such vouchers with current regulations 
and administrative guidance applicable to section 8 hous-
ing vouchers administered by the Secretary of the Depart-
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ment of Housing and Urban Development: Provided fur-
ther, That if the Secretary determines that the amount 
made available for vouchers in this or any other Act is not 
needed for vouchers, the Secretary may use such funds for 
the demonstration program for the preservation and revital-
ization of multi-family rental housing properties described 
in this paragraph: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be available 
for a demonstration program for the preservation and revi-
talization of the sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family 
rental housing properties to restructure existing USDA 
multi-family housing loans, as the Secretary deems appro-
priate, expressly for the purposes of ensuring the project has 
sufficient resources to preserve the project for the purpose 
of providing safe and affordable housing for low-income 
residents and farm laborers including reducing or elimi-
nating interest; deferring loan payments, subordinating, re-
ducing or reamortizing loan debt; and other financial as-
sistance including advances, payments and incentives (in-
cluding the ability of owners to obtain reasonable returns 
on investment) required by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall as part of the preservation and 
revitalization agreement obtain a restrictive use agreement 
consistent with the terms of the restructuring: Provided fur-
ther, That if the Secretary determines that additional funds
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for vouchers described in this paragraph are needed, funds 
for the preservation and revitalization demonstration pro-
gram may be used for such vouchers: Provided further, That 
if Congress enacts legislation to permanently authorize a 
multi-family rental housing loan restructuring program 
similar to the demonstration program described herein, the 
Secretary may use funds made available for the demonstra-
tion program under this heading to carry out such legisla-
tion with the prior approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That 
in addition to any other available funds, the Secretary may 
expend not more than $1,000,000 total, from the program 
funds made available under this heading, for administra-
tive expenses for activities funded under this heading. 
MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS 
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 
523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), 
$30,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the total amount appropriated under this heading, 
the amount equal to the amount of Mutual and Self- Help 
Housing Grants allocated by the Secretary for Rural Eco-
nomic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 2011, 
shall be available through June 30, 2012, for communities 
designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Eco-
nomic Area Partnership Zones.
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RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For grants and contracts for very low-income housing 
repair, supervisory and technical assistance, compensation 
for construction defects, and rural housing preservation 
made by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized by 42 
U.S.C. 1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 1490m, $34,271,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total 
amount appropriated under this heading, the amount equal 
to the amount of Rural Housing Assistance Grants allo-
cated by the Secretary for Rural Economic Area Partner-
ship Zones for the fiscal year 2011, shall be available 
through June 30, 2012, for communities designated by the 
Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partner-
ship Zones: Provided further, That any balances to carry 
out a housing demonstration program to provide revolving 
loans for the preservation of low-income multi-family hous-
ing projects as authorized in Public Law 108–447 and Pub-
lic Law 109–97 shall be transferred to and merged with 
the ‘‘Rural Housing Service, Multi-family Housing Revital-
ization Program Account’’. 
RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect loans as authorized by section 306 and described in
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section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De-
velopment Act, $1,300,000,000. 
For the cost of grants for rural community facilities 
programs as authorized by section 306 and described in sec-
tion 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel-
opment Act, $26,274,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That $4,242,000 of the amount appro-
priated under this heading shall be available for a Rural 
Community Development Initiative: Provided further, That 
such funds shall be used solely to develop the capacity and 
ability of private, nonprofit community-based housing and 
community development organizations, low-income rural 
communities, and Federally Recognized Native American 
Tribes to undertake projects to improve housing, community 
facilities, community and economic development projects in 
rural areas: Provided further, That such funds shall be 
made available to qualified private, nonprofit and public 
intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a pro-
gram of financial and technical assistance: Provided fur-
ther, That such intermediary organizations shall provide 
matching funds from other sources, including Federal funds 
for related activities, in an amount not less than funds pro-
vided: Provided further, That $5,938,000 of the amount ap-
propriated under this heading shall be to provide grants 
for facilities in rural communities with extreme unemploy-
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ment and severe economic depression (Public Law 106– 
387), with up to 5 percent for administration and capacity 
building in the State rural development offices: Provided 
further, That $3,369,000 of the amount appropriated under 
this heading shall be available for community facilities 
grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) 
of such Act: Provided further, That of the amount appro-
priated under this heading, the amount equal to the amount 
of Rural Community Facilities Program Account funds al-
located by the Secretary for Rural Economic Area Partner-
ship Zones for the fiscal year 2011, shall be available 
through June 30, 2012, for communities designated by the 
Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partner-
ship Zones for the rural community programs described in 
section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De-
velopment Act: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 
381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
are not applicable to the funds made available under this 
heading: Provided further, That any prior balances in the 
Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement Pro-
gram account for programs authorized by section 306 and 
described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act be transferred 
and merged with this account and any other prior balances 
from the Rural Development, Rural Community Advance-
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ment Program account that the Secretary determines is ap-
propriate to transfer. 
RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE 
RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the 
rural business development programs authorized by sections 
306 and 310B and described in sections 310B(f) and 
381E(d)(3) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act, $79,665,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the amount appropriated under this 
heading, not to exceed $475,000 shall be made available for 
a grant to a qualified national organization to provide tech-
nical assistance for rural transportation in order to pro-
mote economic development and $2,900,000 shall be for 
grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 2009aa 
et seq.) for any Rural Community Advancement Program 
purpose as described in section 381E(d) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act, of which not more than 
5 percent may be used for administrative expenses: Pro-
vided further, That $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated 
under this heading shall be for business grants to benefit 
Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, including 
$250,000 for a grant to a qualified national organization 
to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in
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order to promote economic development: Provided further, 
That of the amount appropriated under this heading, the 
amount equal to the amount of Rural Business Program 
Account funds allocated by the Secretary for Rural Eco-
nomic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 2011, 
shall be available through June 30, 2012, for communities 
designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Eco-
nomic Area Partnership Zones for the rural business and 
cooperative development programs described in section 
381E(d)(3) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 
381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
are not applicable to funds made available under this head-
ing: Provided further, That any prior balances in the Rural 
Development, Rural Community Advancement Program ac-
count for programs authorized by sections 306 and 310B 
and described in sections 310B(f) and 381E(d)(3) of such 
Act be transferred and merged with this account and any 
other prior balances from the Rural Development, Rural 
Community Advancement Program account that the Sec-
retary determines is appropriate to transfer. 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 
by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)),
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$20,661,000. For the cost of direct loans, $7,000,000, as au-
thorized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 
9812(a)), of which $1,000,000 shall be available through 
June 30, 2012, for Federally Recognized Native American 
Tribes and of which $2,000,000 shall be available through 
June 30, 2012, for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as 
determined in accordance with Public Law 100–460): Pro-
vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated under this heading, the amount equal 
to the amount of Rural Development Loan Fund Program 
Account funds allocated by the Secretary for Rural Eco-
nomic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 2011, 
shall be available through June 30, 2012, for communities 
designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Eco-
nomic Area Partnership Zones. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct loan programs, $4,684,000 shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop-
ment, Salaries and Expenses’’.
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RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 
under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the 
purpose of promoting rural economic development and job 
creation projects, $33,077,000. 
Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of 
credit payments, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936, $155,000,000 shall not be obli-
gated and $155,000,000 are rescinded. 
RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 
For rural cooperative development grants authorized 
under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $27,915,000, of which 
$2,250,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for the ap-
propriate technology transfer for rural areas program: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $2,938,000 shall be for grants for 
cooperative development centers, individual cooperatives, or 
groups of cooperatives that serve socially disadvantaged 
groups and a majority of the boards of directors or gov-
erning boards of which are comprised of individuals who 
are members of socially disadvantaged groups; and of which 
$16,005,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
for value-added agricultural product market development
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grants, as authorized by section 231 of the Agricultural 
Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note). 
RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM 
For the cost of a program of loan guarantees and 
grants, under the same terms and conditions as authorized 
by section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $4,500,000: Provided, That 
the cost of loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974. 
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE 
RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and 
grants for the rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and 
solid waste management programs authorized by sections 
306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and described in 
sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the 
Consolidated 
Farm 
and 
Rural 
Development 
Act, 
$509,295,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
not to exceed $422,000 shall be available for the rural utili-
ties program described in section 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, 
and of which not to exceed $844,000 shall be available for 
the rural utilities program described in section 306E of 
such Act: Provided, That $67,200,000 of the amount appro-
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priated under this heading shall be for loans and grants 
including water and waste disposal systems grants author-
ized by 306C(a)(2)(B) and 306D of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act, Federally recognized Native 
American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1), and the Depart-
ment of Hawaiian Home Lands (of the State of Hawaii): 
Provided further, That funding provided for section 306D 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may 
be provided to a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 
of Public Law 105–83: Provided further, That not more 
than 2 percent of the funding provided for section 306D 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may 
be used by the State of Alaska for training and technical 
assistance programs and not more than 2 percent of the 
funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by a consor-
tium formed pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 105– 
83 for training and technical assistance programs: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $19,000,000 of the amount 
appropriated under this heading shall be for technical as-
sistance grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant 
to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the Secretary 
makes a determination of extreme need, of which $5,750,000 
shall be made available for a grant to a qualified non-profit 
multi-state regional technical assistance organization, with
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experience in working with small communities on water 
and waste water problems, the principal purpose of such 
grant shall be to assist rural communities with populations 
of 3,300 or less, in improving the planning, financing, de-
velopment, operation, and management of water and waste 
water systems, and of which not less than $800,000 shall 
be for a qualified national Native American organization 
to provide technical assistance for rural water systems for 
tribal communities: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$15,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 
shall be for contracting with qualified national organiza-
tions for a circuit rider program to provide technical assist-
ance for rural water systems: Provided further, That of the 
amount appropriated under this heading, the amount equal 
to the amount of Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program 
Account funds allocated by the Secretary for Rural Eco-
nomic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 2011, 
shall be available through June 30, 2012, for communities 
designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Eco-
nomic Area Partnership Zones for the rural utilities pro-
grams described in section 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That 
$10,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 
shall be transferred to, and merged with, the Rural Utilities 
Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account to provide
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grants authorized under section 19 of the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): Provided further, That 
any prior year balances for high cost energy grants author-
ized by section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 
(7 U.S.C. 918a) shall be transferred to and merged with 
the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Costs Grants Ac-
count: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 381N 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are 
not applicable to the funds made available under this head-
ing: Provided further, That any prior balances in the Rural 
Development, Rural Community Advancement Program ac-
count programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 
306D, 306E, and 310B and described in sections 
306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of such Act be 
transferred to and merged with this account and any other 
prior balances from the Rural Development, Rural Commu-
nity Advancement Program account that the Secretary de-
termines is appropriate to transfer. 
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans 
as authorized by sections 305 and 306 of the Rural Elec-
trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936) shall be 
made as follows: 5 percent rural electrification loans,
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$100,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306 of that 
Act, rural electric, $6,500,000,000; guaranteed under-
writing loans pursuant to section 313A, $424,286,000; 5 
percent rural telecommunications loans, $145,000,000; cost 
of money rural telecommunications loans, $250,000,000; 
and for loans made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, 
rural telecommunications loans, $295,000,000: Provided, 
That up to $2,000,000,000 may be used for the construction, 
acquisition, or improvement of fossil-fueled electric gener-
ating plants (whether new or existing) that utilize carbon 
sequestration systems. 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, including the cost of 
modifying lo ans, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: $594,000 for guaran-
teed underwriting loans authorized by section 313A of the 
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 940c–1). 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$36,382,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and 
Expenses’’. 
DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND 
PROGRAM 
For the principal amount of broadband telecommuni-
cation loans, $282,686,000.
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For grants for telemedicine and distance learning serv-
ices in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et 
seq., $28,570,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That $3,000,000 shall be made available for grants 
authorized by 379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act: Provided further, That $3,000,000 shall 
be made available to those noncommercial educational tele-
vision broadcast stations that serve rural areas and are 
qualified for Community Service Grants by the Corporation 
for Public Broadcasting under section 396(k) of the Com-
munications Act of 1934, including associated translators 
and repeaters, regardless of the location of their main trans-
mitter, studio-to-transmitter links, and equipment to allow 
local control over digital content and programming through 
the use of high definition broadcast, multi-casting and 
datacasting technologies. 
For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by sec-
tion 601 of the Rural Electrification Act, $8,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the cost of 
direct loans shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974. 
In addition, $10,372,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for a grant program to finance broadband trans-
mission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning and
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Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
950aaa. 
TITLE IV 
DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 
NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec-
retary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, 
$770,000. 
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE 
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), 
except section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; 
$18,151,176,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2013, of which such sums as are made available under 
section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy 
Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), as amended by this Act, 
shall be merged with and available for the same time period 
and purposes as provided herein: Provided, That the total 
amount available, $1,000,000 shall be available to imple-
ment section 23 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1771 et seq): Provided further, That section
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14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 
2008 is amended by adding at the end before the period, 
‘‘except section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21’’. 
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR 
WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the special supple-
mental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 
$6,582,497,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2013: Provided, That notwithstanding section 17(h)(10) of 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10)), 
of the amounts made available under this heading, not less 
than $60,000,000 shall be used for breast-feeding peer coun-
selors and other related activities: Provided further, That 
funds made available for the purposes specified in section 
17(h)(10)(B) shall only be made available upon a deter-
mination by the Secretary that funds are available to meet 
caseload requirements: Provided further, That none of the 
funds provided in this account shall be available for the 
purchase of infant formula except in accordance with the 
cost containment and competitive bidding requirements 
specified in section 17 of such Act: Provided further, That 
none of the funds provided shall be available for activities 
that are not fully reimbursed by other Federal Government
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departments or agencies unless authorized by section 17 of 
such Act. 
SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nu-
trition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $80,402,722,000, 
of which $3,000,000,000, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2013, shall be placed in reserve for use only in 
such amounts and at such times as may become necessary 
to carry out program operations: Provided, That funds pro-
vided herein shall be expended in accordance with section 
16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008: Provided further, 
That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$1,000,000 may be used to provide nutrition education serv-
ices to state agencies and Federally recognized tribes par-
ticipating in the Food Distribution Program on Indian 
Reservations: Provided further, That this appropriation 
shall be subject to any work registration or workfare re-
quirements as may be required by law: Provided further, 
That funds made available for Employment and Training 
under this heading shall remain available until expended, 
notwithstanding section 16(h)(1) of the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008: Provided further, That funds made available 
under this heading may be used to enter into contracts and 
employ staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct 
activities related to program integrity provided that such
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activities are authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008. 
COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance 
and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as au-
thorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer 
Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the Emergency 
Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assistance for the nu-
clear affected islands, as authorized by section 103(f)(2) of 
the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 
(Public Law 108–188); and the Farmers’ Market Nutrition 
Program, as authorized by section 17(m) of the Child Nutri-
tion Act of 1966, $242,336,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2013: Provided, That none of these funds 
shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration for commodities donated to the program: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
effective with funds made available in fiscal year 2011 to 
support the Seniors Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, 
as authorized by section 4402 of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002, such funds shall remain 
available through September 30, 2013: Provided further, 
That of the funds made available under section 27(a) of 
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)),
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the Secretary may use up to 10 percent for costs associated 
with the distribution of commodities. 
NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and 
Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutrition 
assistance 
program, 
$140,130,000: 
Provided, 
That 
$2,000,000 shall be used for the purposes of section 4404 
of Public Law 107–171, as amended by section 4401 of Pub-
lic Law 110–246. 
TITLE V 
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 
Service, including not to exceed $158,000 for representation 
allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 
Act 
approved 
August 
3, 
1956 
(7 
U.S.C. 
1766), 
$176,347,000: Provided, That the Service may utilize ad-
vances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation for expend-
itures made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and pri-
vate organizations and institutions under agreements exe-
cuted pursuant to the agricultural food production assist-
ance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assistance 
programs of the United States Agency for International De-
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velopment: Provided further, That funds made available for 
middle-income country training programs and up to 
$2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropria-
tion solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in inter-
national currency exchange rates, subject to documentation 
by the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall remain available 
until expended. 
FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD FOR 
PROGRESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the credit 
program of title I, Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83– 
480) and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, $2,666,000, 
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 
for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’: Pro-
vided, That funds made available for the cost of agreements 
under title I of the Agricultural Trade Development and 
Assistance Act of 1954 and for title I ocean freight differen-
tial may be used interchangeably between the two accounts 
with prior notice to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress. 
FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS 
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not other-
wise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, includ-
ing interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public
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Law 83–480, as amended), for commodities supplied in 
connection with dispositions abroad under title II of said 
Act, $1,562,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
MC GOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION 
AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $188,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Commodity 
Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the services, fa-
cilities, and authorities for the purpose of implementing 
such section, subject to reimbursement from amounts pro-
vided herein. 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS) 
CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the Com-
modity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program, 
GSM 102 and GSM 103, $6,465,000; to cover common over-
head expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity with the 
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which $6,129,000 
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 
for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses’’, 
and of which $336,000 shall be transferred to and merged
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with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries 
and Expenses’’. 
TITLE VI 
RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG 
ADMINISTRATION 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Adminis-
tration, including hire and purchase of passenger motor ve-
hicles; for payment of space rental and related costs pursu-
ant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of 
the Food and Drug Administration which are included in 
this Act; for rental of special purpose space in the District 
of Columbia or elsewhere; for miscellaneous and emergency 
expenses of enforcement activities, authorized and approved 
by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Sec-
retary’s certificate, not to exceed $25,000; and notwith-
standing 
section 
521 
of 
Public 
Law 
107–188; 
$3,859,402,000: Provided, That of the amount provided 
under this heading, $702,172,000 shall be derived from pre-
scription drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h shall 
be credited to this account and remain available until ex-
pended, and shall not include any fees pursuant to 21
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U.S.C. 379h(a)(2) and (a)(3) assessed for fiscal year 2013 
but collected in fiscal year 2012; $57,605,000 shall be de-
rived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
379j, and shall be credited to this account and remain 
available until expended; $21,768,000 shall be derived from 
animal drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and 
shall be credited to this account and remain available until 
expended; $5,706,000 shall be derived from animal generic 
drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379f, and shall be 
credited to this account and shall remain available until 
expended; $477,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco prod-
uct user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s and shall be cred-
ited to this account and remain available until expended; 
$12,364,000 shall be derived from food and feed recall fees 
authorized by section 743 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (Public Law 75–717), as amended by the Food 
Safety Modernization Act (Public Law 111–353), and shall 
be credited to this account and remain available until ex-
pended; $14,700,000 shall be derived from food reinspection 
fees authorized by section 743 of the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act (Public Law 75–717), as amended by the 
Food Safety Modernization Act (Public Law 111–353), and 
shall be credited to this account and remain available until 
expended; and $71,066,000 shall be derived from voluntary 
qualified importer program fees authorized by section 743
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of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Public Law 
75–717), as amended by the Food Safety Modernization Act 
(Public Law 111–353), and shall be credited to this account 
and remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That in addition and notwithstanding any other provision 
under this heading, amounts collected for prescription drug 
user fees that exceed the fiscal year 2012 limitation are ap-
propriated and shall be credited to this account and remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That fees de-
rived from prescription drug, medical device, animal drug, 
animal generic drug, and tobacco product assessments for 
fiscal year 2012 received during fiscal year 2012, including 
any such fees assessed prior to fiscal year 2012 but credited 
for fiscal year 2012, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2012 
limitations: Provided further, That none of these funds shall 
be used to develop, establish, or operate any program of user 
fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That 
of the total amount appropriated: (1) $944,979,000 shall 
be for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition 
and related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Af-
fairs; (2) $978,205,000 shall be for the Center for Drug 
Evaluation and Research and related field activities in the 
Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than 
$52,947,000 shall be available for the Office of Generic 
Drugs; (3) $328,886,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics
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Evaluation and Research and for related field activities in 
the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $166,365,000 shall be 
for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field 
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) 
$356,659,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and Radio-
logical Health and for related field activities in the Office 
of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $60,039,000 shall be for the Na-
tional Center for Toxicological Research; (7) $454,751,000 
shall be for the Center for Tobacco Products and for related 
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8) not 
to exceed $133,879,000 shall be for Rent and Related activi-
ties, of which $43,981,000 is for White Oak Consolidation, 
other than the amounts paid to the General Services Ad-
ministration for rent; (9) not to exceed $209,392,000 shall 
be for payments to the General Services Administration for 
rent; and (10) $226,247,000 shall be for other activities, in-
cluding the Office of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 
the Office of Foods, the Office of Medical and Tobacco Prod-
ucts, the Office of Global and Regulatory Policy, the Office 
of Operations, the Office of the Chief Scientist, and central 
services for these offices: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $25,000 of this amount shall be for official reception 
and representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as 
determined by the Commissioner: Provided further, That 
funds be may transferred from one specified activity to an-
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other with the prior approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That 
not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall sub-
mit to Congress a report that discloses, with respect to all 
drugs, devices, and biological products approved, cleared, 
or licensed under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
or the Public Health Service Act during calendar year 
2011, including such drugs, devices, and biological products 
so approved, cleared, or licensed using funds made available 
under this Act: (1) the average number of calendar days 
that elapsed from the date that drug applications (includ-
ing any supplements) were submitted to such Secretary 
under section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (21 U.S.C. 355) until the date that the drugs were ap-
proved under such section 505; (2) the average number of 
calendar days that elapsed from the date that applications 
for device clearance (including any supplements) under sec-
tion 510(k) of such Act (21 U.S.C. 360(k)) or for premarket 
approval (including any supplements) under section 515 of 
such Act (21 U.S.C. 360e) were submitted to such Secretary 
until the date that the devices were cleared under such sec-
tion 510(k) or approved under such section 515; and (3) 
the average number of calendar days that elapsed from the 
date that biological license applications (including any sup-
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plements) were submitted to such Secretary under section 
351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262) until 
the date that the biological products were licensed under 
such section 351. 
In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 
U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized by 21 
U.S.C. 381, and priority review user fees authorized by 21 
U.S.C. 360n may be credited to this account, to remain 
available until expended. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten-
sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili-
ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where 
not otherwise provided, $8,982,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCY 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $62,000,000 (from assessments collected 
from farm credit institutions, including the Federal Agri-
cultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated during 
the current fiscal year for administrative expenses as au-
thorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this limita-
tion shall not apply to expenses associated with receiver-
ships.
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TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, 
appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart-
ment of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this 
Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those 
specifically provided for, of not to exceed 204 passenger 
motor vehicles, of which 170 shall be for replacement only, 
and for the hire of such vehicles. 
SEC. 702. The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer 
unobligated balances of discretionary funds appropriated 
by this Act or other available unobligated discretionary bal-
ances of the Department of Agriculture to the Working Cap-
ital Fund for the acquisition of plant and capital equip-
ment necessary for the delivery of financial, administrative, 
and information technology services of primary benefit to 
the agencies of the Department of Agriculture: Provided, 
That none of the funds made available by this Act or any 
other Act shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund 
without the prior approval of the agency administrator: 
Provided further, That none of the funds transferred to the 
Working Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be 
available for obligation without written notification to and 
the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of
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both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated by this Act or made available to the 
Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available for 
obligation or expenditure to make any changes to the De-
partment’s National Finance Center without written notifi-
cation to and prior approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress as required by section 
711 of this Act: Provided further, That of annual income 
amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the Department 
of Agriculture allocated for the National Finance Center, 
the Secretary may reserve not more than 4 percent for the 
replacement or acquisition of capital equipment, including 
equipment for the improvement and implementation of a 
financial management plan, information technology, and 
other systems of the National Finance Center or to pay any 
unforeseen, extraordinary cost of the National Finance Cen-
ter: Provided further, That none of the amounts reserved 
shall be available for obligation unless the Secretary sub-
mits written notification of the obligation to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate: Provided further, That the limitation on the obliga-
tion of funds pending notification to Congressional Com-
mittees shall not apply to any obligation that, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, is necessary to respond to a de-
clared state of emergency that significantly impacts the op-
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erations of the National Finance Center; or to evacuate em-
ployees of the National Finance Center to a safe haven to 
continue operations of the National Finance Center. 
SEC. 703. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 704. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 
used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 
agreements or similar arrangements between the United 
States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu-
tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of the 
agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrange-
ments is to carry out programs of mutual interest between 
the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate pay-
ment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such 
institutions when such indirect costs are computed on a 
similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are 
provided in this Act. 
SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agri-
culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 
available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 
until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 
fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop-
ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica-
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tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 
the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 
SEC. 706. Hereafter, none of the funds appropriated 
by this Act may be used to carry out section 410 of the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 
30 of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471). 
SEC. 707. None of the funds made available to the De-
partment of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire 
new information technology systems or significant up-
grades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, without the approval of the Chief Information Offi-
cer and the concurrence of the Executive Information Tech-
nology Investment Review Board: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, none of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be 
transferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer 
without written notification to and the prior approval of 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress: Provided further, That none of the funds available 
to the Department of Agriculture for information technology 
shall be obligated for projects over $25,000 prior to receipt 
of written approval by the Chief Information Officer. 
SEC. 708. Funds made available under section 1240I 
and section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 and 
section 524(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C.
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1524(b)) in the current fiscal year shall remain available 
until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 
fiscal year. 
SEC. 709. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, any former RUS borrower that has repaid or 
prepaid an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the 
Rural Electrification Act, or any not-for-profit utility that 
is eligible to receive an insured or direct loan under such 
Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section 
313(b)(2)(B) of such Act in the same manner as a borrower 
under such Act. 
SEC. 710. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
for the purposes of a grant under section 412 of the Agricul-
tural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 
1998, none of the funds in this or any other Act may be 
used to prohibit the provision of in-kind support from non- 
Federal sources under section 412(e)(3) in the form of unre-
covered indirect costs not otherwise charged against the 
grant, consistent with the indirect rate of cost approved for 
a recipient. 
SEC. 711. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
law, unobligated balances remaining available at the end 
of the fiscal year from appropriations made available for 
salaries and expenses in this Act for the Farm Service Agen-
cy and the Rural Development mission area, shall remain
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available through September 30, 2013, for information tech-
nology expenses. 
SEC. 712. The Secretary of Agriculture may authorize 
a State agency to use funds provided in this Act to exceed 
the maximum amount of liquid infant formula specified in 
7 C.F.R. 246.10 when issuing liquid infant formula to par-
ticipants. 
SEC. 713. No employee of the Department of Agri-
culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or office 
funded by this Act or any other Act to any other agency 
or office of the Department for more than 30 days unless 
the individual’s employing agency or office is fully reim-
bursed by the receiving agency or office for the salary and 
expenses of the employee for the period of assignment. 
SEC. 714. In the case of each program established or 
amended by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 
2008 (Public Law 110–246), other than by title I or subtitle 
A of title III of such Act, or programs for which indefinite 
amounts were provided in that Act that is authorized or 
required to be carried out using funds of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation— 
(1) such funds shall be available for salaries and 
related administrative expenses, including technical 
assistance, associated with the implementation of the 
program, without regard to the limitation on the total
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amount of allotments and fund transfers contained in 
section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and 
(2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall 
not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment 
for purposes of applying the limitation on the total 
amount of allotments and fund transfers contained in 
such section. 
SEC. 715. Funds provided by this Act may be used 
notwithstanding the requirements of 7 U.S.C. 1736f(e)(1). 
SEC. 716. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to close or relocate a Rural 
Development office unless or until the Secretary of Agri-
culture determines the cost effectiveness and/or enhancement 
of program delivery or that the closing or relocation would 
result in cost savings: Provided, That not later than 120 
days before the date of the proposed closure or relocation, 
the Secretary notifies in writing the Committees on Appro-
priation of the House and Senate, and the members of Con-
gress from the State in which the office is located of the 
proposed closure or relocation and provides a report that 
describes the justifications for such closures and relocations. 
SEC. 717. Appropriations to the Department of Agri-
culture made available in fiscal years 2005, 2006, and 2007 
to carry out section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act
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of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb) for the cost of direct loans shall 
remain available until expended to disburse valid obliga-
tions. 
SEC. 718. None of the funds made available in fiscal 
year 2012 or preceding fiscal years for programs authorized 
under the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) in 
excess of $20,000,000 shall be used to reimburse the Com-
modity Credit Corporation for the release of eligible com-
modities under section 302(f)(2)(A) of the Bill Emerson 
Humanitarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f–1): Provided, 
That any such funds made available to reimburse the Com-
modity Credit Corporation shall only be used pursuant to 
section 302(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian 
Trust Act. 
SEC. 719. Of the funds made available by this Act, not 
more than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary ex-
penses of activities related to all advisory committees, pan-
els, commissions, and task forces of the Department of Agri-
culture, except for panels used to comply with negotiated 
rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively 
awarded grants. 
SEC. 720. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
school food authorities which received a grant for equipment 
assistance under the grant program carried out pursuant 
to the heading ‘‘Food and Nutrition Service Child Nutrition
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Programs’’ in title I of division A of the American Recovery 
and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5) shall 
be eligible to receive a grant under section 749 (j) of the 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Adminis-
tration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 
(Public Law 111–80). 
SEC. 721. There is hereby appropriated $1,996,000 to 
carry out section 1621 of Public Law 110–246. 
SEC. 722. There is hereby appropriated $600,000 to 
the Farm Service Agency to carry out a pilot program to 
demonstrate the use of new technologies that increase the 
rate of growth of re-forested hardwood trees on private non- 
industrial forests lands, enrolling lands on the coast of the 
Gulf of Mexico that were damaged by Hurricane Katrina 
in 2005. 
SEC. 723. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any 
accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 
the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this 
Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through 
a reprogramming of funds, or in the case of the Department 
of Agriculture, through use of the authority provided by sec-
tion 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act
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of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public Law 89– 
106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any project or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted; 
(4) relocates an office or employees; 
(5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or 
(6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services (as the case may be) no-
tifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in ad-
vance of the reprogramming of such funds or the use 
of such authority. 
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided 
by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by 
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
in the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts 
in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collec-
tion of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure for activi-
ties, programs, or projects through a reprogramming or use
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of the authorities referred to in subsection (a) involving 
funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 
that: 
(1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel which would result in a change 
in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap-
proved by Congress; unless the Secretary of Agri-
culture or the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices (as the case may be) notifies, in writing, the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress at least 30 days in advance of the reprogram-
ming of such funds or the use of such authority. 
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services shall notify in writing the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
before implementing any program or activity not carried 
out during the previous fiscal year unless the program or 
activity is funded by this Act or specifically funded by any 
other Act.
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(d) As described in this section, no funds may be used 
for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services receives in writ-
ing from the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress confirmation of receipt of the notification re-
quired in this section. 
SEC. 724. None of the funds appropriated by this or 
any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses 
of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations lan-
guage as part of the President’s Budget submission to the 
Congress of the United States for programs under the juris-
diction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agri-
culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects 
a reduction from the previous year due to user fees pro-
posals that have not been enacted into law prior to the sub-
mission of the Budget unless such Budget submission identi-
fies which additional spending reductions should occur in 
the event the user fees proposals are not enacted prior to 
the date of the convening of a committee of conference for 
the fiscal year 2013 appropriations Act. 
SEC. 725. The Secretary may reserve, through April 
1, 2012, up to 5 percent of the funding available for the 
following items for projects in areas that are engaged in 
strategic regional development planning as defined by the
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Secretary: business and industry guaranteed loans; rural 
development loan fund; rural business enterprise grants; 
rural business opportunity grants; rural economic develop-
ment program; rural microenterprise program; biorefinery 
assistance program; rural energy for America program; 
value-added producer grants; broadband program; water 
and waste program; and rural community facilities pro-
gram. 
SEC. 726. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 
pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out the 
following: 
(1) The Conservation Stewardship Program au-
thorized by sections 1238D–1238G of the Food Secu-
rity of Act 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838d–3838g) in excess 
of $809,000,000; 
(2) The Watershed Rehabilitation program au-
thorized by section 14(h) of the Watershed Protection 
and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)); 
(3) The Environmental Quality Incentives Pro-
gram as authorized by sections 1240–1240H of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa– 
3839aa–8) in excess of $1,400,000,000: Provided, 
That up to $20,000,000 of the funds made available 
for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program as
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authorized by sections 1240–1240H of the Food Secu-
rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–3839aa(8)) may 
be transferred to a program as authorized by 16 
U.S.C. 1301–1311 to enroll agricultural lands that 
experienced significant flooding, as determined by the 
Secretary, in calendar year 2011: Provided further, 
That no more than $10,000,000 may be used for 
agreements entered into with owners or operators in 
any one State; 
(4) The Farmland Protection Program as au-
thorized by section 1238I of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838i) in excess of $150,000,000; 
(5) The Grassland Reserve Program as author-
ized by sections 1238O–1238Q of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838o–3838q) in excess of 
140,907 acres in fiscal year 2012; 
(6) The Wetlands Reserve Program authorized by 
sections 1237–1237F of the Food Security Act of 1985 
(16 U.S.C. 3837–3837f) to enroll in excess of 185,800 
acres in fiscal year 2012; 
(7) The Wildlife Habitat Incentives Act author-
ized by section 1240N of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–1)) in excess of $50,000,000;
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(8) The Voluntary Public Access and Habitat In-
centives Program authorized by section 1240R of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–5); 
(9) The Bioenergy Program for Advanced 
Biofuels authorized by section 9005 of the Farm Secu-
rity and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 
8105) in excess of $75,000,000; 
(10) The Rural Energy for America Program 
authorized by section 9007 of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107) in ex-
cess of $34,000,000; 
(11) Section 508(d)(3) of the Federal Crop In-
surance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(d)(3)) to provide a per-
formance-based premium discount in the crop insur-
ance program; 
(12) Agricultural Management Assistance Pro-
gram as authorized by section 524 of the Federal 
Crop Insurance Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1524) in 
excess of $2,500,000 for the Natural Resources Con-
servation Service; and 
(13) A program under subsection (b)(2)(A)(iv) of 
section 14222 of Public Law 110–246 in excess of 
$948,000,000, as follows: Child Nutrition Programs 
Entitlement Commodities—$465,000,000; State Op-
tion Contracts—$5,000,000; Removal of Defective
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Commodities—$2,500,000: Provided, That none of the 
funds made available in this Act or any other Act 
shall be used for salaries and expenses to carry out 
section 19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act as amended by section 4304 of Pub-
lic Law 110–246 in excess of $20,000,000, including 
the transfer of funds under subsection (c) of section 
14222 of Public Law 110–246, until October 1, 2012: 
Provided further, That $133,000,000 made available 
on October 1, 2012, to carry out section 19(i)(1)(E) 
of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
as amended by section 4304 of Public Law 110–246 
shall be excluded from the limitation described in sub-
section (b)(2)(A)(v) of section 14222 of Public Law 
110–246: Provided further, That none of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available by this or any 
other Act shall be used to pay the salaries or expenses 
of any employee of the Department of Agriculture or 
officer of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry 
out clause 3 of section 32 of the Agricultural Adjust-
ment Act of 1935 (Public Law 74–320, 7 U.S.C. 612c, 
as amended), or for any surplus removal activities or 
price support activities under section 5 of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation Charter Act: Provided fur-
ther, That of the available unobligated balances under
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(b)(2)(A)(iv) of section 14222 of Public Law 110–246, 
$150,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 
727. 
Hereafter, 
notwithstanding 
section 
310B(g)(5) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess 
a one-time fee for any guaranteed business and industry 
loan in an amount that does not exceed 3 percent of the 
guaranteed principal portion of the loan. 
SEC. 728. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available to the Department of Agriculture or the 
Food and Drug Administration shall be used to transmit 
or otherwise make available to any non-Department of Ag-
riculture or non-Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices employee questions or responses to questions that are 
a result of information requested for the appropriations 
hearing process. 
SEC. 729. (a) Clause (ii) of section 524(b)(4)(B) of the 
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)(4)(B)) is 
amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2008 
through 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘certain fiscal years’’; 
and 
(2) in the text, by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting 
‘‘2014’’.
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(b) Section 1238E(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 
(16 U.S.C. 3838e(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2014’’. 
(c) Section 1240B(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 
(16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 
(d) Section 1241(a)(6)(E) of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)(6)(E)) is amended by striking 
‘‘fiscal year 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 2012 
through 2014’’. 
(e) Section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 
(16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘2012,’’ and inserting ‘‘2012 (and fiscal year 
2014 in the case of the programs specified in para-
graphs (3)(B), (4), (6), and (7)),’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4)(E), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 
2012’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 2012 
through 2014’’. 
(f) Section 1241(a)(7)(D) of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)(7)(D)) is amended by striking 
‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 
SEC. 730. Any unobligated funds included under 
Treasury symbol codes 12X3336, 12X2268, 12X0132,
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12X2271, 12X2277, 12X1404, 12X1501, and 12X1336 are 
hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 731. Of the unobligated balances provided pursu-
ant to section 16(h)(1)(A) of the Food and Nutrition Act 
of 2008, $11,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 732. There is hereby appropriated for the ‘‘Emer-
gency Conservation Program’’, for expenses resulting from 
a major disaster designation pursuant to the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5122(2)), $78,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That this amount is designated by Con-
gress as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–177), as amended: 
Provided further, That there is hereby appropriated for the 
‘‘Emergency Forest Restoration Program’’, for expenses re-
sulting from a major disaster designation pursuant to the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)), $49,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That this amount is 
designated by Congress as being for disaster relief pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–177), 
as amended: Provided further, That there is hereby appro-
priated for the ‘‘Emergency Watershed Protection Pro-
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gram’’, for expenses resulting from a major disaster des-
ignation pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)), 
$139,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That this amount is designated by Congress as 
being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985 (Public Law 99–177), as amended. 
SEC. 733. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act— 
(1) the amount provided under section 732 for 
the emergency conservation program for expenses re-
sulting from a major disaster designation pursuant to 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)) is increased by 
$48,700,000; and 
(2) the amount provided under section 732 for 
the emergency watershed protection program for ex-
penses resulting from a major disaster designation 
pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)) is 
increased by $61,200,000. 
(b) The additional amounts provided under subsection 
(a)—
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(1) are designated by Congress as being for dis-
aster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(D)); 
(2) are subject to the same terms and conditions 
as any other amounts provided under section 732 for 
the same purposes; and 
(3) shall remain available until expended. 
SEC. 734. Unobligated balances not to exceed 
$31,000,000 for the ‘‘Emergency Watershed Protection Pro-
gram’’ provided in Public Law 108–199, Public Law 109– 
234, and Public Law 110–28 shall be available for the pur-
poses of such program for disasters occurring in 2011, and 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
amounts made available by this section are designated by 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99– 
177), as amended. 
SEC. 735. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement an interim final or final 
rule that— 
(1) sets any maximum limits on the serving of 
vegetables in school meal programs established under 
the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act
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(42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and by section 4 of the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773); or 
(2) is inconsistent with the recommendations of 
the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans for 
vegetables. 
SEC. 736. For fiscal year 2012, section 363 of the Con-
solidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
2006e) shall not apply to a project funded under the com-
munity facilities programs authorized under such Act. 
SEC. 737. Not later than 30 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate a report describing plans to implement reduc-
tions to salaries and expenses accounts included in this Act. 
SEC. 738. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to provide 
direct payments under section 1103 or 1303 of the Food, 
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8713, 
8753) to any person or legal entity that has an average 
adjusted gross income (as defined in section 1001D of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a)) in excess 
of $1,000,000.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012’’. 
DIVISION B—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, 
SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for De-
partments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Re-
lated Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2012, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for international trade activi-
ties of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 
and for engaging in trade promotional activities abroad, 
including expenses of grants and cooperative agreements for 
the purpose of promoting exports of United States firms, 
without regard to 44 U.S.C. 3702 and 3703; full medical 
coverage for dependent members of immediate families of 
employees stationed overseas and employees temporarily 
posted overseas; travel and transportation of employees of 
the International Trade Administration between two points 
abroad, without regard to 49 U.S.C. 40118; employment of
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Americans and aliens by contract for services; rental of 
space abroad for periods not exceeding 10 years, and ex-
penses of alteration, repair, or improvement; purchase or 
construction of temporary demountable exhibition struc-
tures for use abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner 
authorized in the first paragraph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when 
such claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed 
$245,250 for official representation expenses abroad; pur-
chase of passenger motor vehicles for official use abroad, not 
to exceed $45,000 per vehicle; obtaining insurance on offi-
cial motor vehicles; and rental of tie lines, $441,104,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2013, of which 
$9,439,000 is to be derived from fees to be retained and used 
by the International Trade Administration, notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That the provi-
sions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 
108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply 
in carrying out these activities without regard to section 
5412 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 
1988 (15 U.S.C. 4912); and that for the purpose of this 
Act, contributions under the provisions of the Mutual Edu-
cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall include 
payment for assessments for services provided as part of 
these activities: Provided further, That up to $2,500,000
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from amounts provided herein may be available for nec-
essary expenses of the Commercial Law Development Pro-
gram, including those authorized under section 636(a) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2396(a)). 
BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for export administration and 
national security activities of the Department of Commerce, 
including costs associated with the performance of export 
administration field activities both domestically and 
abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of im-
mediate families of employees stationed overseas; employ-
ment of Americans and aliens by contract for services 
abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized 
in the first paragraph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such claims 
arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $11,250 for official 
representation expenses abroad; awards of compensation to 
informers under the Export Administration Act of 1979, 
and as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 401(b); and purchase of 
passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehicles 
for law enforcement use with special requirement vehicles 
eligible for purchase without regard to any price limitation 
otherwise established by law, $98,138,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $31,279,000 shall be for in-
spections and other activities related to national security:
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Provided, That the provisions of the first sentence of section 
105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational 
and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 
2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these activities: Pro-
vided further, That payments and contributions collected 
and accepted for materials or services provided as part of 
such activities may be retained for use in covering the cost 
of such activities, and for providing information to the pub-
lic with respect to the export administration and national 
security activities of the Department of Commerce and other 
export control programs of the United States and other gov-
ernments. 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
For grants for economic development assistance as pro-
vided by the Public Works and Economic Development Act 
of 1965, for trade adjustment assistance, and for grants au-
thorized by section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology 
Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.), as added 
by section 603 of the America COMPETES Reauthorization 
Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–358), $220,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $1,000,000 shall be for 
economic adjustment assistance grants under section 209 of 
the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965
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(42 U.S.C. 3149) to support innovative, utility-adminis-
tered energy efficiency programs for small businesses. 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Development 
Assistance Programs’’ for expenses related to disaster relief, 
long-term recovery, and restoration of infrastructure in 
areas that received a major disaster designation in 2011 
pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency 
Assistance 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
5122(2)), 
$135,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by Congress as being 
for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985 (Public Law 99–177), as amended. 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Development 
Assistance Programs’’ for expenses related to disaster relief, 
long-term recovery, and restoration of infrastructure in 
areas that received a major disaster designation in 2011 
pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency 
Assistance 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
5122(2)), 
$365,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by Congress as being 
for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985 (Public Law 99–177), as amended.
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administering the economic 
development assistance programs as provided for by law, 
$37,166,000: Provided, That these funds may be used to 
monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the Public 
Works Employment Act of 1976, title II of the Trade Act 
of 1974, and the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act 
of 1977. 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Commerce 
in fostering, promoting, and developing minority business 
enterprise, including expenses of grants, contracts, and 
other agreements with public or private organizations, 
$29,732,000. 
ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco-
nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department 
of Commerce, $95,119,000. 
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, ana-
lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for by 
law, $253,336,000: Provided, That from amounts provided
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herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and 
marketing activities. 
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to collect and publish statistics 
for periodic censuses and programs provided for by law, 
$690,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2013: Provided, That from amounts provided herein, funds 
may be used for additional promotion, outreach, and mar-
keting activities: Provided further, That within the amounts 
appropriated, $1,000,000 shall be transferred to the Office 
of the Inspector General for activities associated with car-
rying out investigations and audits related to the Bureau 
of the Census. 
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the 
National Telecommunications and Information Adminis-
tration (NTIA), $45,568,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2013: Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce shall charge 
Federal agencies for costs incurred in spectrum manage-
ment, analysis, operations, and related services, and such 
fees shall be retained and used as offsetting collections for
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costs of such spectrum services, to remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the Secretary of Com-
merce is authorized to retain and use as offsetting collec-
tions all funds transferred, or previously transferred, from 
other Government agencies for all costs incurred in tele-
communications research, engineering, and related activi-
ties by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences of 
NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions under this 
paragraph, and such funds received from other Government 
agencies shall remain available until expended. 
PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING AND 
CONSTRUCTION 
For the administration of prior-year grants, recoveries 
and unobligated balances of funds previously appropriated 
are hereafter available for the administration of all open 
grants until their expiration. 
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, including 
defense of suits instituted against the Under Secretary of 
Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the 
USPTO, $2,706,313,000 to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated from
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the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collections 
assessed and collected pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1113 and 35 
U.S.C. 41 and 376 are received during fiscal year 2012, 
so as to result in a fiscal year 2012 appropriation from 
the general fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That 
during fiscal year 2012, should the total amount of offset-
ting fee collections and the surcharge provided herein be less 
than $2,706,313,000 this amount shall be reduced accord-
ingly: Provided further, That any amount received in excess 
of $2,706,313,000 in fiscal year 2012 and deposited in the 
Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That the Direc-
tor of the Patent and Trademark Office shall submit a 
spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate for any amounts 
made available by the preceding proviso and such spending 
plan shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex-
penditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth 
in that section: Provided further, That from amounts pro-
vided herein, not to exceed $750 shall be made available 
in fiscal year 2012 for official reception and representation 
expenses: Provided further, That in fiscal year 2012 from 
the amounts made available for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ 
for the USPTO, the amounts necessary to pay: (1) the dif-
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ference between the percentage of basic pay contributed by 
the USPTO and employees under section 8334(a) of title 
5, United States Code, and the normal cost percentage (as 
defined by section 8331(17) of that title) as provided by 
the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for USPTO’s 
specific use, of basic pay, of employees subject to subchapter 
III of chapter 83 of that title; and (2) the present value 
of the otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by 
OPM for USPTO’s specific use of post-retirement life insur-
ance and post-retirement health benefits coverage for all 
USPTO employees who are enrolled in Federal Employees 
Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees Group 
Life Insurance (FEGLI), shall be transferred to the Civil 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the Employees 
Life Insurance Fund, and the Employees Health Benefits 
Fund, as appropriate, and shall be available for the author-
ized purposes of those accounts: Provided further, That any 
differences between the present value factors published in 
OPM’s yearly 300 series benefit letters and the factors that 
OPM provides for PTO’s specific use shall be recognized as 
an imputed cost on PTO’s financial statements, where ap-
plicable: Provided further, That sections 801, 802, and 803 
of division B, Public Law 108–447 shall remain in effect 
during fiscal year 2012: Provided further, That the Director 
may, this year, reduce by regulation fees payable for docu-
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ments in patent and trademark matters, in connection with 
the filing of documents filed electronically in a form pre-
scribed by the Director: Provided further, That there shall 
be a surcharge of 15 percent, as provided for by section 11(i) 
of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act: Provided further, 
That hereafter the Director shall reduce fees for providing 
prioritized examination of utility and plant patent appli-
cations by 50 percent for small entities that qualify for re-
duced fees under 35 U.S.C. 41(h)(1), so long as the fees of 
the prioritized examination program are set to recover the 
estimated cost of the program: Provided further, That the 
receipts collected as a result of these surcharges shall be 
available within the amounts provided herein to the United 
States Patent and Trademark Office without fiscal year 
limitation, for all authorized activities and operations of 
the Office: Provided further, That within the amounts ap-
propriated, $1,000,000 shall be transferred to the Office of 
Inspector General for activities associated with carrying out 
investigations and audits related to the USPTO. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, $500,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which not to exceed $9,000,000 may 
be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’: Provided,
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That not to exceed $5,000 shall be for official reception and 
representation expenses. 
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Industrial Technology 
Services, $120,000,000 to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the amounts appropriated herein, 
$120,000,000 shall be for the Hollings Manufacturing Ex-
tension Partnership. 
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES 
For construction of new research facilities, including 
architectural and engineering design, and for renovation 
and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise pro-
vided for the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology, as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 278c–278e, $60,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law 
for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and 
vessels; grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit 
organizations for the purposes of conducting activities pur-
suant to cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities, 
$3,134,327,000, to remain available until September 30,
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2013, except for funds provided for cooperative enforcement, 
which shall remain available until September 30, 2014: 
Provided, That fees and donations received by the National 
Ocean Service for the management of national marine sanc-
tuaries may be retained and used for the salaries and ex-
penses associated with those activities, notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That in addition, 
$109,098,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund en-
titled ‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Re-
search Pertaining to American Fisheries’’: Provided fur-
ther, That of the $3,250,425,000 provided for in direct obli-
gations under this heading $3,134,327,000 is appropriated 
from the general fund, and $109,098,000 is provided by 
transfer and $7,000,000 is derived from recoveries of prior 
year obligations: Provided further, That payments of funds 
made available under this heading to the Department of 
Commerce Working Capital Fund including Department of 
Commerce General Counsel legal services shall not exceed 
$41,105,000: Provided further, That the total amount avail-
able for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion corporate services administrative support costs shall 
not exceed $219,291,000: Provided further, That any devi-
ation from the amounts designated for specific activities in 
the explanatory statement accompanying this Act, or any 
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heading in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures 
set forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That 
in allocating grants under sections 306 and 306A of the 
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended, no 
coastal State shall receive more than 5 percent or less than 
1 percent of increased funds appropriated over the previous 
fiscal year. 
In addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under 
the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor 
Benefits Plan, and for payments for the medical care of 
retired personnel and their dependents under the Depend-
ents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. 55), such sums as may 
be necessary. 
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION 
For procurement, acquisition and construction of cap-
ital assets, including alteration and modification costs, of 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
(NOAA), $1,833,594,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2014, except funds provided for construction of 
facilities which shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the $1,841,594,000 provided for in direct ob-
ligations under this heading, $1,833,594,000 is appro-
priated from the general fund and $8,000,000 is provided 
from recoveries of prior year obligations: Provided further, 
That any deviation from the amounts designated for spe-
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cific activities in the explanatory statement accompanying 
this Act, or any use of deobligated balances of funds pro-
vided under this heading in previous years, shall be subject 
to the procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Commerce shall include 
in budget justification materials that the Secretary submits 
to Congress in support of the Department of Commerce 
budget (as submitted with the budget of the President under 
section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) an estimate 
for each NOAA Procurement, Acquisition or Construction 
project having a total of more than $5,000,000 and simulta-
neously the budget justification shall include an estimate 
of the budgetary requirements for each such project for each 
of the 5 subsequent fiscal years. 
PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY FUND 
For necessary expenses associated with the restoration 
of Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2013: Provided, That of the 
funds provided herein the Secretary of Commerce may issue 
grants to the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, 
California, and Alaska, and Federally recognized tribes of 
the Columbia River and Pacific Coast (including Alaska) 
for projects necessary for conservation of salmon and 
steelhead populations, for restoration of populations that 
are listed as threatened or endangered, or identified by a
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State as at-risk to be so-listed, for maintaining populations 
necessary for exercise of tribal treaty fishing rights or na-
tive subsistence fishing, or for conservation of Pacific coast-
al salmon and steelhead habitat, based on guidelines to be 
developed by the Secretary of Commerce: Provided further, 
That all funds shall be allocated based on scientific and 
other merit principles and shall not be available for mar-
keting activities: Provided further, That funds disbursed to 
States shall be subject to a matching requirement of funds 
or documented in-kind contributions of at least 33 percent 
of the Federal funds. 
FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND 
For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public 
Law 95–372, not to exceed $350,000, to be derived from re-
ceipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available 
until expended. 
FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, during fiscal year 2012, obligations of direct loans 
may not exceed $24,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota 
loans and not to exceed $59,000,000 for traditional direct 
loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936: 
Provided, That none of the funds made available under this 
heading may be used for direct loans for any new fishing
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vessel that will increase the harvesting capacity in any 
United States fishery. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the departmental manage-
ment of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 
including not to exceed $5,000 for official reception and 
representation, $56,726,000. 
RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION 
For expenses necessary, including blast windows, for 
the renovation and modernization of Department of Com-
merce facilities, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) (as amended), $26,946,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
SEC. 101. During the current fiscal year, applicable 
appropriations and funds made available to the Depart-
ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 
activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C. 
1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed by the 
Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may be used for 
advanced payments not otherwise authorized only upon the
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certification of officials designated by the Secretary of Com-
merce that such payments are in the public interest. 
SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 
this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for hire 
of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 
and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and uni-
forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902). 
SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available for the current fiscal year for the Depart-
ment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred between 
such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be in-
creased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Pro-
vided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be 
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of 
this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expendi-
ture except in compliance with the procedures set forth in 
that section: Provided further, That the Secretary of Com-
merce shall notify the Committees on Appropriations at 
least 15 days in advance of the acquisition or disposal of 
any capital asset (including land, structures, and equip-
ment) not specifically provided for in this Act or any other 
law appropriating funds for the Department of Commerce: 
Provided further, That for the National Oceanic and Atmos-
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pheric Administration this section shall provide for trans-
fers among appropriations made only to the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration and such appropria-
tions may not be transferred and reprogrammed to other 
Department of Commerce bureaus and appropriation ac-
counts. 
SEC. 104. Any costs incurred by a department or agen-
cy funded under this title resulting from personnel actions 
taken in response to funding reductions included in this 
title or from actions taken for the care and protection of 
loan collateral or grant property shall be absorbed within 
the total budgetary resources available to such department 
or agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds 
between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 
carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 
included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 
of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a re-
programming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
SEC. 105. The requirements set forth by section 112 
of division B of Public Law 110–161 are hereby adopted 
by reference. 
SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other law, the Sec-
retary may furnish services (including but not limited to
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utilities, telecommunications, and security services) nec-
essary to support the operation, maintenance, and improve-
ment of space that persons, firms or organizations are au-
thorized pursuant to the Public Buildings Cooperative Use 
Act of 1976 or other authority to use or occupy in the Her-
bert C. Hoover Building, Washington, DC, or other build-
ings, the maintenance, operation, and protection of which 
has been delegated to the Secretary from the Administrator 
of General Services pursuant to the Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, on a re-
imbursable or non-reimbursable basis. Amounts received as 
reimbursement for services provided under this section or 
the authority under which the use or occupancy of the space 
is authorized, up to $200,000, shall be credited to the appro-
priation or fund which initially bears the costs of such serv-
ices. 
SEC. 107. Nothing in this title shall be construed to 
prevent a grant recipient from deterring child pornography, 
copyright infringement, or any other unlawful activity over 
its networks. 
SEC. 108. The administration of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with 
their consent, with reimbursement and subject to the limits 
of available appropriations, the land, services, equipment, 
personnel, and facilities of any department, agency or in-
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strumentality of the United States, or of any State, local 
government, Indian tribal government, Territory or posses-
sion, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of any for-
eign government or international organization for purposes 
related to carrying out the responsibilities of any statute 
administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration. 
SEC. 109. All balances in the Coastal Zone Manage-
ment Fund, whether unobligated or unavailable, are hereby 
permanently cancelled, and notwithstanding section 308(b) 
of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended 
(16 U.S.C. 1456a), any future payments to the Fund made 
pursuant to sections 307 (16 U.S.C. 1456) and 308 (16 
U.S.C. 1456a) of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 
1972, as amended, shall, in this fiscal year and any future 
fiscal years, be treated in accordance with the Federal Cred-
it Reform Act of 1990, as amended. 
SEC. 110. There is established in the Treasury a non- 
interest bearing fund to be known as the ‘‘Fisheries Enforce-
ment Asset Forfeiture Fund’’, which shall consist of all 
sums received as fines, penalties, and forfeitures of property 
for violations of any provisions of 16 U.S.C. chapter 38 
or of any other marine resource law enforced by the Sec-
retary of Commerce, including the Lacey Act Amendments 
of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3371 et seq.) and with the exception
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of collections pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 1437, which are cur-
rently deposited in the Operations, Research, and Facilities 
account: Provided, That all unobligated balances that have 
been collected pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 1861 or any other ma-
rine resource law enforced by the Secretary of Commerce 
with the exception of 16 U.S.C. 1437 shall be transferred 
from the Operations, Research, and Facilities account into 
the Fisheries Enforcement Asset Forfeiture Fund and shall 
remain available until expended. 
SEC. 111. There is established in the Treasury a non- 
interest bearing fund to be known as the ‘‘Sanctuaries En-
forcement Asset Forfeiture Fund’’, which shall consist of all 
sums received as fines, penalties, and forfeitures of property 
for violations of any provisions of 16 U.S.C. chapter 38, 
which are currently deposited in the Operations, Research, 
and Facilities account: Provided, That all unobligated bal-
ances that have been collected pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 1437 
shall be transferred from the Operations, Research, and Fa-
cilities account into the Sanctuaries Enforcement Asset 
Forfeiture Fund and shall remain available until expended. 
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is 
authorized to receive and expend funds made available by 
any Federal agency, State or subdivision thereof, public or 
private organization, or individual to carry out any statute
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administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration: Provided, That use of funds to carry out this 
section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 
section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section. 
SEC. 113. (a) The Secretary of State shall ensure par-
ticipation in the Commission for the Conservation and 
Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the West-
ern and Central Pacific Ocean (‘‘Commission’’) and its sub-
sidiary bodies by American Samoa, Guam, and the North-
ern Mariana Islands (collectively, the U.S. Participating 
Territories) to the same extent provided to the territories 
of other nations. 
(b) The U.S. Participating Territories are each au-
thorized to use, assign, allocate, and manage catch limits 
of highly migratory fish stocks, or fishing effort limits, 
agreed to by the Commission for the participating terri-
tories of the Convention for the Conservation and Manage-
ment of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and 
Central Pacific Ocean, through arrangements with U.S. 
vessels with permits issued under the Pelagics Fishery Man-
agement Plan of the Western Pacific Region. Vessels under 
such arrangements are integral to the domestic fisheries of 
the U.S. Participating Territories provided that such ar-
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rangements shall impose no requirements regarding where 
such vessels must fish or land their catch and shall be fund-
ed by deposits to the Western Pacific Sustainable Fisheries 
Fund in support of fisheries development projects identified 
in a Territory’s Marine Conservation Plan and adopted 
pursuant to section 204 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1824). The 
Secretary of Commerce shall attribute catches made by ves-
sels operating under such arrangements to the U.S. Partici-
pating Territories for the purposes of annual reporting to 
the Commission. 
(c) The Western Pacific Regional Fisheries Manage-
ment Council— 
(1) is authorized to accept and deposit into the 
Western Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund funding 
for arrangements pursuant to subsection (b); 
(2) shall use amounts deposited under paragraph 
(1) that are attributable to a particular U.S. Partici-
pating Territory only for implementation of that Ter-
ritory’s Marine Conservation Plan adopted pursuant 
to section 204 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Con-
servation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1824); and 
(3) shall recommend an amendment to the 
Pelagics Fishery Management Plan for the Western
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Pacific Region, and associated regulations, to imple-
ment this section. 
(d) Subsection (b) shall remain in effect until such 
time as— 
(1) the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Man-
agement Council recommends an amendment to the 
Pelagics Fishery Management Plan for the Western 
Pacific Region, and implementing regulations, to the 
Secretary of Commerce that authorize use, assign-
ment, allocation, and management of catch limits of 
highly migratory fish stocks, or fishing effort limits, 
established by the Commission and applicable to U.S. 
Participating Territories; 
(2) the Secretary of Commerce approves the 
amendment as recommended; and 
(3) such implementing regulations become effec-
tive. 
SEC. 114. (a) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
National Aquatic Animal Health Task Force shall submit 
to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Re-
sources of the House of Representatives a report of the find-
ings of the research objectives described in subsection (b).
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(b) RESEARCH AND SURVEILLANCE.—The National 
Aquatic Animal Health Task Force shall establish Infec-
tious Salmon Anemia research objectives, in collaboration 
the with the Government of Canada, and Federal, State, 
and tribal governments, including the Department of Fish 
and Wildlife of Washington and the Department of Fish 
and Game of Alaska, to assess— 
(1) the prevalence of Infectious Salmon Anemia 
in both wild and aquaculture salmonid populations 
throughout Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, 
and Idaho; 
(2) genetic susceptibility by population and spe-
cies; 
(3) susceptibility of populations to Infectious 
Salmon Anemia from geographic and oceanographic 
factors; 
(4) potential transmission pathways between in-
fectious Canadian sockeye and uninfected salmonid 
populations in United States waters; 
(5) management strategies to rapidly respond to 
potential Infectious Salmon Anemia outbreaks in both 
wild and aquaculture populations, including securing 
the water supplies at conservation hatcheries to pro-
tect hatchery fish from exposure to the Infectious
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Salmon Anemia virus present in incoming surface 
water; 
(6) potential economic impacts of Infectious 
Salmon Anemia; 
(7) any role foreign salmon farms may have in 
spreading Infectious Salmon Anemia to wild popu-
lations; 
(8) the identity of any potential Federal, State, 
tribal, and international research partners; 
(9) available baseline data, including baseline 
data available from a collaborating entity; and 
(10) other Infectious Salmon Anemia research 
priorities, as determined by the Task Force. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com-
merce Appropriations Act, 2012’’. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the administration of the 
Department of Justice, $115,886,000, of which not to exceed 
$4,000,000 for security and construction of Department of 
Justice facilities shall remain available until expended: 
Provided, That the Attorney General is authorized to trans-
fer funds appropriated within General Administration to
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any office in this account: Provided further, That 
$18,903,000 is for Department Leadership; $8,311,000 is 
for 
Intergovernmental 
Relations/External 
Affairs; 
$12,925,000 is for Executive Support/Professional Respon-
sibility; and $75,747,000 is for the Justice Management Di-
vision: Provided further, That any change in amounts spec-
ified in the preceding proviso greater than 5 percent shall 
be submitted for approval to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations consistent with the terms of section 
505 of this Act: Provided further, That this transfer author-
ity is in addition to transfers authorized under section 505 
of this Act. 
NATIONAL DRUG INTELLIGENCE CENTER 
For necessary expenses of the National Drug Intel-
ligence Center, including reimbursement of Air Force per-
sonnel for the National Drug Intelligence Center to support 
the Department of Defense’s counter-drug intelligence re-
sponsibilities, $20,000,000: Provided, That the National 
Drug Intelligence Center shall maintain the personnel and 
technical resources to provide timely support to law enforce-
ment authorities and the intelligence community by con-
ducting document and computer exploitation of materials 
collected in Federal, State, and local law enforcement activ-
ity associated with counter-drug, counterterrorism, and na-
tional security investigations and operations.
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JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses for information sharing tech-
nology, including planning, development, deployment and 
departmental direction, $47,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
TACTICAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS 
For the costs of developing and implementing a na-
tionwide Integrated Wireless Network supporting Federal 
law enforcement communications, and for the costs of oper-
ations and maintenance of existing Land Mobile Radio leg-
acy systems, $87,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That the Attorney General shall transfer 
to this account all funds made available to the Department 
of Justice for the purchase of portable and mobile radios: 
Provided further, That any transfer made under the pre-
ceding proviso shall be subject to section 505 of this Act. 
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the administration of par-
don and clemency petitions and immigration-related activi-
ties, $294,082,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be derived by 
transfer from the Executive Office for Immigration Review 
fees deposited in the ‘‘Immigration Examinations Fee’’ ac-
count.
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DETENTION TRUSTEE 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Detention Trust-
ee, $1,563,453,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Trustee shall be responsible for managing 
the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be 
considered ‘‘funds appropriated for State and local law en-
forcement assistance’’ pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 4013(b). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, $84,199,000, including not to exceed $10,000 to meet 
unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character. 
UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Parole 
Commission as authorized, $12,577,000. 
LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the 
Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ-
ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evidence, 
to be expended under the direction of, and to be accounted 
for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General; and 
rent of private or Government-owned space in the District 
of Columbia, $846,099,000, of which not to exceed
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$10,000,000 for litigation support contracts shall remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of the total 
amount appropriated, not to exceed $7,500 shall be avail-
able to INTERPOL Washington for official reception and 
representation expenses: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 205 of this Act, upon a determination by 
the Attorney General that emergent circumstances require 
additional funding for litigation activities of the Civil Divi-
sion, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to 
‘‘Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activities’’ from 
available appropriations for the current fiscal year for the 
Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to 
such circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer 
pursuant to the previous proviso shall be treated as a re-
programming under section 505 of this Act and shall not 
be available for obligation or expenditure except in compli-
ance with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided 
further, That of the amount appropriated, such sums as 
may be necessary shall be available to reimburse the Office 
of Personnel Management for salaries and expenses associ-
ated with the election monitoring program under section 
8 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973f): Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts provided under this 
heading for the election monitoring program $3,390,000, 
shall remain available until expended.
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In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De-
partment of Justice associated with processing cases under 
the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not to 
exceed $7,833,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine In-
jury Compensation Trust Fund. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION 
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust 
and kindred laws, $159,587,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, fees collected for premerger notification filings 
under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act 
of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year of collection 
(and estimated to be $108,000,000 in fiscal year 2012), 
shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this 
appropriation, and shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 
the general fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collec-
tions are received during fiscal year 2012, so as to result 
in a final fiscal year 2012 appropriation from the general 
fund estimated at $51,587,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS 
For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United 
States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and cooper-
ative agreements, $1,891,532,000: Provided, That of the 
total amount appropriated, not to exceed $6,000 shall be
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available for official reception and representation expenses: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That of 
the amount provided under this heading, not less than 
$43,184,000 shall be used for salaries and expenses for as-
sistant U.S. Attorneys to carry out section 704 of the Adam 
Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 
109–248) concerning the prosecution of offenses relating to 
the sexual exploitation of children. 
UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND 
For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee 
Program, as authorized, $234,115,000, to remain available 
until expended and to be derived from the United States 
Trustee System Fund: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, deposits to the Fund shall be avail-
able in such amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds 
due depositors: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, $234,115,000 of offsetting collec-
tions pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 589a(b) shall be retained and 
used for necessary expenses in this appropriation and shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated from the Fund shall be reduced 
as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 
2012, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2012 appropria-
tion from the Fund estimated at $0.
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT 
COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 
the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including serv-
ices as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, $2,071,000. 
FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES 
For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of con-
tracts for the procurement and supervision of expert wit-
nesses, for private counsel expenses, including advances, 
and for expenses of foreign counsel, $270,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 
$10,000,000 may be made available for construction of 
buildings for protected witness safesites: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $3,000,000 may be made available for 
the purchase and maintenance of armored and other vehi-
cles for witness security caravans: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $11,000,000 may be made available for the 
purchase, installation, maintenance, and upgrade of secure 
telecommunications equipment and a secure automated in-
formation network to store and retrieve the identities and 
locations of protected witnesses. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Community Relations 
Service, $11,227,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-
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tion 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 
General that emergent circumstances require additional 
funding for conflict resolution and violence prevention ac-
tivities of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney 
General may transfer such amounts to the Community Re-
lations Service, from available appropriations for the cur-
rent fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be 
necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided fur-
ther, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso 
shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of 
this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expendi-
ture except in compliance with the procedures set forth in 
that section. 
ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND 
For expenses authorized by 28 U.S.C. 524(c)(1)(B), 
(F), and (G), $20,990,000, to be derived from the Depart-
ment of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund. 
UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals 
Service, $1,111,041,000; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 
shall be available for necessary expenses for increased dep-
uty marshals and staff related to Southwest border enforce-
ment until September 30, 2012; of which not to exceed 
$6,000 shall be available for official reception and represen-
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tation expenses; and of which not to exceed $20,000,000 
shall remain available until expended. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction in space controlled, occupied or uti-
lized by the United States Marshals Service for prisoner 
holding and related support, $20,250,000, of which 
$8,250,000 shall be available for detention upgrades at Fed-
eral courthouses located in the Southwest border region, to 
remain available until expended; of which not less than 
$9,696,000 shall be available for the costs of courthouse secu-
rity equipment, including furnishings, relocations, and tele-
phone systems and cabling. 
NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 
the National Security Division, $86,007,000; of which not 
to exceed $5,000,000 for information technology systems 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not-
withstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determination 
by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances re-
quire additional funding for the activities of the National 
Security Division, the Attorney General may transfer such 
amounts to this heading from available appropriations for 
the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as 
may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Pro-
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vided further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding 
proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 
505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section. 
INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT 
INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT 
For necessary expenses for the identification, inves-
tigation, and prosecution of individuals associated with the 
most significant drug trafficking and affiliated money 
laundering organizations not otherwise provided for, to in-
clude inter-governmental agreements with State and local 
law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and 
prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug 
trafficking, $516,962,000, of which $50,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That any 
amounts obligated from appropriations under this heading 
may be used under authorities available to the organiza-
tions reimbursed from this appropriation. 
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of 
crimes against the United States, $7,785,000,000, of which 
not to exceed $150,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
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pended: Provided, That not to exceed $153,750 shall be 
available for official reception and representation expenses. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For all necessary expenses, to include the cost of equip-
ment, furniture, and information technology requirements, 
related to construction or acquisition of buildings, facilities 
and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by law; 
conversion, modification and extension of Federally owned 
buildings; and preliminary planning and design of projects; 
$75,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Ad-
ministration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet un-
foreseen emergencies of a confidential character pursuant 
to 28 U.S.C. 530C; and expenses for conducting drug edu-
cation and training programs, including travel and related 
expenses for participants in such programs and the dis-
tribution of items of token value that promote the goals of 
such programs, $1,900,084,000; of which not to exceed 
$75,000,000 shall remain available until expended; and of 
which not to exceed $75,000 shall be available for official 
reception and representation expenses.
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CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equip-
ment, furniture, and information technology requirements, 
related to construction or acquisition of buildings; and op-
eration and maintenance of secure work environment facili-
ties and secure networking capabilities; $10,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND 
EXPLOSIVES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco, Firearms and Explosives, not to exceed $30,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses; for training 
of State and local law enforcement agencies with or without 
reimbursement, including training in connection with the 
training and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire 
accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory assist-
ance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with or 
without reimbursement, $1,090,292,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of attor-
neys’ fees as provided by section 924(d)(2) of title 18, 
United States Code; and of which not to exceed $20,000,000 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That no 
funds appropriated herein shall be available for salaries or 
administrative expenses in connection with consolidating or
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centralizing, within the Department of Justice, the records, 
or any portion thereof, of acquisition and disposition of 
firearms maintained by Federal firearms licensees: Pro-
vided further, That no funds appropriated herein shall be 
used to pay administrative expenses or the compensation 
of any officer or employee of the United States to implement 
an amendment or amendments to 27 CFR 478.118 or to 
change the definition of ‘‘Curios or relics’’ in 27 CFR 
478.11 or remove any item from ATF Publication 5300.11 
as it existed on January 1, 1994: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated herein shall be available to 
investigate or act upon applications for relief from Federal 
firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided fur-
ther, That such funds shall be available to investigate and 
act upon applications filed by corporations for relief from 
Federal firearms disabilities under section 925(c) of title 
18, United States Code: Provided further, That no funds 
made available by this or any other Act may be used to 
transfer the functions, missions, or activities of the Bureau 
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to other agen-
cies or Departments in fiscal year 2012: Provided further, 
That, beginning in fiscal year 2012 and thereafter, no funds 
appropriated under this or any other Act may be used to 
disclose part or all of the contents of the Firearms Trace 
System database maintained by the National Trace Center
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of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives 
or any information required to be kept by licensees pursu-
ant to section 923(g) of title 18, United States Code, or re-
quired to be reported pursuant to paragraphs (3) and (7) 
of such section 923(g), except to: (1) a Federal, State, local, 
or tribal law enforcement agency, or a Federal, State, or 
local prosecutor; or (2) a foreign law enforcement agency 
solely in connection with or for use in a criminal investiga-
tion or prosecution; or (3) a Federal agency for a national 
security or intelligence purpose; unless such disclosure of 
such data to any of the entities described in (1), (2) or (3) 
of this proviso would compromise the identity of any under-
cover law enforcement officer or confidential informant, or 
interfere with any case under investigation; and no person 
or entity described in (1), (2) or (3) shall knowingly and 
publicly disclose such data; and all such data shall be im-
mune from legal process, shall not be subject to subpoena 
or other discovery, shall be inadmissible in evidence, and 
shall not be used, relied on, or disclosed in any manner, 
nor shall testimony or other evidence be permitted based 
on the data, in a civil action in any State (including the 
District of Columbia) or Federal court or in an administra-
tive proceeding other than a proceeding commenced by the 
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to en-
force the provisions of chapter 44 of such title, or a review
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of such an action or proceeding; except that this proviso 
shall not be construed to prevent: (A) the disclosure of statis-
tical information concerning total production, importation, 
and exportation by each licensed importer (as defined in 
section 921(a)(9) of such title) and licensed manufacturer 
(as defined in section 921(a)(10) of such title); (B) the shar-
ing or exchange of such information among and between 
Federal, State, local, or foreign law enforcement agencies, 
Federal, State, or local prosecutors, and Federal national 
security, intelligence, or counterterrorism officials; or (C) 
the publication of annual statistical reports on products 
regulated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and 
Explosives, including total production, importation, and 
exportation by each licensed importer (as so defined) and 
licensed manufacturer (as so defined), or statistical aggre-
gate data regarding firearms traffickers and trafficking 
channels, or firearms misuse, felons, and trafficking inves-
tigations: Provided further, That no funds made available 
by this or any other Act shall be expended to promulgate 
or implement any rule requiring a physical inventory of 
any business licensed under section 923 of title 18, United 
States Code: Provided further, That no funds under this Act 
may be used to electronically retrieve information gathered 
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(4) by name or any personal 
identification code: Provided further, That no funds author-
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ized or made available under this or any other Act may 
be used to deny any application for a license under section 
923 of title 18, United States Code, or renewal of such a 
license due to a lack of business activity, provided that the 
applicant is otherwise eligible to receive such a license, and 
is eligible to report business income or to claim an income 
tax deduction for business expenses under the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986. 
FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System 
for the administration, operation, and maintenance of Fed-
eral penal and correctional institutions, including purchase 
(not to exceed 835, of which 808 are for replacement only) 
and hire of law enforcement and passenger motor vehicles, 
and for the provision of technical assistance and advice on 
corrections 
related 
issues 
to 
foreign 
governments, 
$6,589,781,000: Provided, That the Attorney General may 
transfer to the Health Resources and Services Administra-
tion such amounts as may be necessary for direct expendi-
tures by that Administration for medical relief for inmates 
of Federal penal and correctional institutions: Provided 
further, That the Director of the Federal Prison System, 
where necessary, may enter into contracts with a fiscal 
agent or fiscal intermediary claims processor to determine
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the amounts payable to persons who, on behalf of the Fed-
eral Prison System, furnish health services to individuals 
committed to the custody of the Federal Prison System: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $4,500 shall be available 
for official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain avail-
able for necessary operations until September 30, 2013: 
Provided further, That, of the amounts provided for con-
tract confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended to make payments in advance for 
grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other 
expenses authorized by section 501(c) of the Refugee Edu-
cation Assistance Act of 1980 (8 U.S.C. 1522 note), for the 
care and security in the United States of Cuban and Hai-
tian entrants: Provided further, That the Director of the 
Federal Prison System may accept donated property and 
services relating to the operation of the prison card program 
from a not-for-profit entity which has operated such pro-
gram in the past notwithstanding the fact that such not- 
for-profit entity furnishes services under contracts to the 
Federal Prison System relating to the operation of pre-re-
lease services, halfway houses, or other custodial facilities. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of 
new facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and re-
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modeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and 
correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident 
thereto, by contract or force account; and constructing, re-
modeling, and equipping necessary buildings and facilities 
at existing penal and correctional institutions, including 
all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force 
account, $90,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which not less than $66,965,000 shall be available only 
for modernization, maintenance and repair, and of which 
not to exceed $14,000,000 shall be available to construct 
areas for inmate work programs: Provided, That labor of 
United States prisoners may be used for work performed 
under this appropriation: Provided further, That none of 
the funds provided under this heading in this or any prior 
Act shall be available for the acquisition of any facility that 
is to be used wholly or in part for the incarceration or de-
tention of any individual detained at Naval Station, Guan-
tanamo Bay, Cuba, as of June 24, 2009. 
FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED 
The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is hereby 
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of 
funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord 
with the law, and to make such contracts and commitments, 
without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by sec-
tion 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may be nec-
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essary in carrying out the program set forth in the budget 
for the current fiscal year for such corporation, including 
purchase (not to exceed five for replacement only) and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL 
PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED 
Not to exceed $2,700,000 of the funds of the Federal 
Prison Industries, Incorporated shall be available for its ad-
ministrative expenses, and for services as authorized by sec-
tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code, to be computed 
on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance with 
the corporation’s current prescribed accounting system, and 
such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, payment 
of claims, and expenditures which such accounting system 
requires to be capitalized or charged to cost of commodities 
acquired or produced, including selling and shipping ex-
penses, and expenses in connection with acquisition, con-
struction, operation, maintenance, improvement, protec-
tion, or disposition of facilities and other property belong-
ing to the corporation or in which it has an interest.
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STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES 
OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND 
PROSECUTION PROGRAMS 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
other assistance for the prevention and prosecution of vio-
lence against women, as authorized by the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et 
seq.) (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) (‘‘the 1994 
Act’’); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 
101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Prosecutorial Remedies and 
Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act 
of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Juvenile Justice and De-
linquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) 
(‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Victims of Trafficking and Violence 
Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386) (‘‘the 2000 
Act’’); and the Violence Against Women and Department 
of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109– 
162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); and for related victims services, 
$417,663,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That except as otherwise provided by law, not to ex-
ceed 3 percent of funds made available under this heading 
may be used for expenses related to evaluation, training,
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and technical assistance: Provided further, That of the 
amount provided— 
(1) $194,000,000 is for grants to combat violence 
against women, as authorized by part T of the 1968 
Act, 
of 
which, 
notwithstanding 
such 
part 
T, 
$10,000,000 shall be available for programs relating 
to children exposed to violence; 
(2) $25,000,000 is for transitional housing as-
sistance grants for victims of domestic violence, stalk-
ing or sexual assault as authorized by section 40299 
of the 1994 Act; 
(3) $3,000,000 is for the National Institute of 
Justice for research and evaluation of violence against 
women and related issues addressed by grant pro-
grams of the Office on Violence Against Women; 
(4) $10,000,000 is for a grant program to pro-
vide services to advocate for and respond to youth vic-
tims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, and stalking; assistance to children and youth 
exposed to such violence; programs to engage men and 
youth in preventing such violence; and assistance to 
middle and high school students through education 
and other services related to such violence: Provided, 
That unobligated balances available for the programs 
authorized by sections 41201, 41204, 41303 and
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41305 of the 1994 Act shall be available for this pro-
gram: Provided further, That 10 percent of the total 
amount available for this grant program shall be 
available for grants under the program authorized by 
section 2015 of the 1968 Act; 
(5) $45,913,000 is for grants to encourage arrest 
policies as authorized by part U of the 1968 Act, of 
which $5,000,000 is for a homicide initiative; 
(6) $25,000,000 is for sexual assault victims as-
sistance, as authorized by section 41601 of the 1994 
Act; 
(7) $34,000,000 is for rural domestic violence 
and child abuse enforcement assistance grants, as au-
thorized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act; 
(8) $9,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent 
crimes against women on campus, as authorized by 
section 304 of the 2005 Act; 
(9) $45,000,000 is for legal assistance for vic-
tims, as authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act; 
(10) $4,000,000 is for enhanced training and 
services to end violence against and abuse of women 
in later life, as authorized by section 40802 of the 
1994 Act;
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(11) $11,250,000 is for the safe havens for chil-
dren program, as authorized by section 1301 of the 
2000 Act; 
(12) $5,000,000 is for education and training to 
end violence against and abuse of women with dis-
abilities, as authorized by section 1402 of the 2000 
Act; 
(13) $4,000,000 is for the court training and im-
provements program, as authorized by section 41002 
of the 1994 Act, of which $1,000,000 is to be used for 
a family court initiative; 
(14) $1,000,000 is for the National Resource 
Center on Workplace Responses to assist victims of 
domestic violence, as authorized by section 41501 of 
the 1994 Act; 
(15) $1,000,000 is for analysis and research on 
violence against Indian women, as authorized by sec-
tion 904 of the 2005 Act; and 
(16) $500,000 is for the Office on Violence 
Against Women to establish a national clearinghouse 
that provides training and technical assistance on 
issues relating to sexual assault of American Indian 
and Alaska Native women.
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not elsewhere specified in this 
title, for management and administration of programs 
within the Office on Violence Against Women, $20,580,000. 
OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS 
RESEARCH, EVALUATION, AND STATISTICS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
other assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act)’’; the 
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 
(‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Missing Children’s Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5771 et seq.); the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other 
Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 
(Public Law 108–21); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Pub-
lic Law 108–405); the Violence Against Women and De-
partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public 
Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Victims of Child Abuse 
Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647); the Second Chance Act 
of 2007 (Public Law 110–199); the Victims of Crime Act 
of 1984 (Public Law 98–473); the Adam Walsh Child Pro-
tection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the 
Adam Walsh Act’’); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 
2008 (Public Law 110–401); subtitle D of title II of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296)
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(‘‘the 2002 Act’’); and other programs; $121,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which— 
(1) $45,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics 
programs, and other activities, as authorized by part 
C of title I of the 1968 Act, of which $36,000,000 is 
for the administration and redesign of the National 
Crime Victimization Survey; 
(2) $40,000,000 is for research, development, and 
evaluation programs, and other activities as author-
ized by part B of title I of the 1968 Act and subtitle 
D of title II of the 2002 Act: Provided, That of the 
amounts provided under this heading, $5,000,000 is 
transferred directly to the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology’s Office of Law Enforce-
ment Standards from the National Institute of Justice 
for research, testing and evaluation programs; 
(3) $1,000,000 is for an evaluation clearinghouse 
program; and 
(4) $35,000,000 is for regional information shar-
ing activities, as authorized by part M of title I of 
the 1968 Act. 
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control
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and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) 
(‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Justice for All 
Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405); the Victims of Child 
Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); 
the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 
2005 (Public Law 109–164); the Violence Against Women 
and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 
(Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Adam Walsh 
Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109– 
248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the Victims of Trafficking 
and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386); 
the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public 
Law 110–180); subtitle D of title II of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) (‘‘the 2002 Act’’); 
the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199); the 
Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual 
Property Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–403); the Victims 
of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–473); the Mentally 
Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthoriza-
tion and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–416); 
and other programs; $1,063,498,000, to remain available 
until expended as follows— 
(1) $395,000,000 for the Edward Byrne Memo-
rial Justice Assistance Grant program as authorized
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by subpart 1 of part E of title I of the 1968 Act (ex-
cept that section 1001(c), and the special rules for 
Puerto Rico under section 505(g), of title I of the 
1968 Act shall not apply for purposes of this Act); 
and, notwithstanding such subpart 1, to support in-
novative, place-based, evidence-based approaches to 
fighting crime and improving public safety, of which 
$3,000,000 is for a program to improve State and 
local law enforcement intelligence capabilities includ-
ing antiterrorism training and training to ensure 
that constitutional rights, civil liberties, civil rights, 
and privacy interests are protected throughout the in-
telligence process, $4,000,000 is for a State and local 
assistance help desk and diagnostic center program, 
$5,000,000 is for a program to improve State, local 
and tribal probation supervision efforts and strate-
gies, and $3,000,000 is for a Preventing Violence 
Against Law Enforcement Officer Resilience and Sur-
vivability Initiative (VALOR): Provided, That funds 
made available under this heading may be used at the 
discretion of the Assistant Attorney General for the 
Office of Justice Programs to train Federal law en-
forcement under the VALOR Officer Safety Training 
Initiative;
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(2) $273,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien 
Assistance 
Program, 
as 
authorized 
by 
section 
241(i)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1231(i)(5)): Provided, That no jurisdiction 
shall request compensation for any cost greater than 
the actual cost for Federal immigration and other de-
tainees housed in State and local detention facilities; 
(3) $20,000,000 for the Northern and Southwest 
Border Prosecutor Initiatives to reimburse State, 
county, parish, tribal or municipal governments for 
costs associated with the prosecution of criminal cases 
declined by local offices of the United States Attor-
neys; 
(4) $21,000,000 for competitive grants to im-
prove the functioning of the criminal justice system, 
to prevent or combat juvenile delinquency, and to as-
sist victims of crime (other than compensation); 
(5) $10,500,000 for victim services programs for 
victims of trafficking, as authorized by section 
107(b)(2) of Public Law 106–386 and for programs 
authorized under Public Law 109–164: Provided, 
That no less than $4,690,000 shall be for victim serv-
ices grants for foreign national victims of trafficking; 
(6) $35,000,000 for Drug Courts, as authorized 
by section 1001(25)(A) of title I of the 1968 Act;
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(7) $9,000,000 for mental health courts and 
adult and juvenile collaboration program grants, as 
authorized by parts V and HH of title I of the 1968 
Act, and the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and 
Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement 
Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–416); 
(8) $10,000,000 for grants for Residential Sub-
stance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners, as au-
thorized by part S of title I of the 1968 Act; 
(9) $4,000,000 for the Capital Litigation Im-
provement Grant Program, as authorized by section 
426 of Public Law 108–405; 
(10) $10,000,000 for economic, high technology 
and Internet crime prevention grants, as authorized 
by section 401 of Public Law 110–403; 
(11) $5,000,000 for a student loan repayment as-
sistance program pursuant to section 952 of Public 
Law 110–315; 
(12) $23,000,000 for activities, including sex of-
fender management assistance, authorized by the 
Adam Walsh Act and the Violent Crime Control Act 
of 1994 (Public Law 103–322); 
(13) $10,000,000 for an initiative relating to 
children exposed to violence;
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(14) $20,000,000 for an Edward Byrne Memo-
rial criminal justice innovation program; 
(15) $24,850,000 for the matching grant pro-
gram for law enforcement armor vests, as authorized 
by section 2501 of title I of the 1968 Act: Provided, 
That $1,500,000 is transferred directly to the Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Technology’s Office 
of Law Enforcement Standards for research, testing 
and evaluation programs; 
(16) $1,000,000 for the National Sex Offender 
Public Web site; 
(17) $10,000,000 for competitive and evidence- 
based programs to reduce gun crime and gang vio-
lence; 
(18) $10,000,000 for grants to assist State and 
tribal governments as authorized by the NICS Im-
provement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 
110–180); 
(19) $8,000,000 for the National Criminal His-
tory Improvement Program for grants to upgrade 
criminal records; 
(20) $15,000,000 for Paul Coverdell Forensic 
Sciences Improvement Grants under part BB of title 
I of the 1968 Act;
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(21) $131,000,000 for DNA-related and forensic 
programs and activities, of which— 
(A) $123,000,000 is for the purposes of 
DNA analysis and DNA capacity enhancement 
as defined in the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimi-
nation Act of 2000 (the Debbie Smith DNA 
Backlog Grant Program), of which not less than 
$85,500,000 is to be used for grants to crime lab-
oratories for purposes under 42 U.S.C. 14135, 
section (a); not less than $11,000,000 is to be 
used for the purposes of the Solving Cold Cases 
with DNA Grant Program; not less than 
$11,000,000 is to be used to audit and report on 
the extent of the backlog; and the remainder of 
funds appropriated under this paragraph may 
be used to support training programs specific to 
the needs of DNA laboratory personnel, and for 
programs outlined in sections 303, 304, 305 and 
308 of Public Law 108–405; 
(B) $4,000,000 is for the purposes described 
in the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA 
Testing Program (Public Law 108–405, section 
412); and
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(C) $4,000,000 is for Sexual Assault Foren-
sic Exam Program Grants as authorized by sec-
tion 304 of Public Law 108–405. 
(22) $2,500,000 for the court-appointed special 
advocate program, as authorized by section 217 of the 
1990 Act; 
(23) $1,500,000 for child abuse training pro-
grams for judicial personnel and practitioners, as au-
thorized by section 222 of the 1990 Act; and 
(24) $3,000,000 for grants and technical assist-
ance in support of the National Forum on Youth Vio-
lence Prevention: 
Provided, That if a unit of local government uses any of 
the funds made available under this heading to increase the 
number of law enforcement officers, the unit of local govern-
ment will achieve a net gain in the number of law enforce-
ment officers who perform non-administrative public sector 
safety service. 
JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and De-
linquency Prevention Act of 1974 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Om-
nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 
1968 Act’’); the Violence Against Women and Department 
of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–
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162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Missing Children’s Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.); the Prosecutorial Remedies 
and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today 
Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Victims of Child 
Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); 
the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 
(Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the PRO-
TECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–401); 
and other juvenile justice programs, $251,000,000, to re-
main available until expended as follows— 
(1) $45,000,000 for programs authorized by sec-
tion 221 of the 1974 Act, and for training and tech-
nical assistance to assist small, non-profit organiza-
tions with the Federal grants process; 
(2) $55,000,000 for youth mentoring grants; 
(3) $33,000,000 for delinquency prevention, as 
authorized by section 505 of the 1974 Act, of which, 
pursuant to sections 261 and 262 thereof— 
(A) $15,000,000 shall be for the Tribal 
Youth Program; 
(B) $8,000,000 shall be for gang and youth 
violence education, prevention and intervention, 
and related activities; and 
(C) $10,000,000 shall be for programs and 
activities to enforce State laws prohibiting the
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sale of alcoholic beverages to minors or the pur-
chase or consumption of alcoholic beverages by 
minors, for prevention and reduction of con-
sumption of alcoholic beverages by minors, and 
for technical assistance and training; 
(4) $20,000,000 for programs authorized by the 
Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990; 
(5) $30,000,000 for the Juvenile Accountability 
Block Grants program as authorized by part R of 
title I of the 1968 Act and Guam shall be considered 
a State; 
(6) $8,000,000 for community-based violence pre-
vention initiatives; and 
(7) $60,000,000 for missing and exploited chil-
dren programs, including as authorized by sections 
404(b) and 405(a) of the 1974 Act: 
Provided, That not more than 10 percent of each amount 
may be used for research, evaluation, and statistics activi-
ties designed to benefit the programs or activities author-
ized: Provided further, That not more than 2 percent of each 
amount may be used for training and technical assistance: 
Provided further, That the previous two provisos shall not 
apply to grants and projects authorized by sections 261 and 
262 of the 1974 Act.
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not elsewhere specified in this 
title, for management and administration of programs 
within the Office of Justice Programs, $118,572,000. 
PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS 
For payments and expenses authorized under section 
1001(a)(4) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968, such sums as are necessary (including 
amounts for administrative costs, which amounts shall be 
paid to the ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account), to remain 
available until expended; and $16,300,000 for payments au-
thorized by section 1201(b) of such Act and for educational 
assistance authorized by section 1218 of such Act, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 
section 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attor-
ney General that emergent circumstances require additional 
funding for such disability and education payments, the At-
torney General may transfer such amounts to ‘‘Public Safe-
ty Officer Benefits’’ from available appropriations for the 
current fiscal year for the Department of Justice as may 
be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided fur-
ther, That any transfer pursuant to the previous proviso 
shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of 
this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expendi-
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ture except in compliance with the procedures set forth in 
that section. 
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES 
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Control 
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322); 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(‘‘the 1968 Act’’); and the Violence Against Women and De-
partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public 
Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’), $231,500,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That any balances 
made available through prior year deobligations shall only 
be available in accordance with section 505 of this Act. Of 
the amount provided: 
(1) $1,500,000 is for research, testing, and eval-
uation programs regarding law enforcement tech-
nologies and interoperable communications, and re-
lated law enforcement and public safety equipment, 
which shall be transferred directly to the National In-
stitute of Standards and Technology’s Office of Law 
Enforcement Standards from the Community Ori-
ented Policing Services Office; 
(2) $10,000,000 is for anti-methamphetamine-re-
lated activities, which shall be transferred to the Drug
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Enforcement Administration upon enactment of this 
Act; 
(3) $20,000,000 is for improving tribal law en-
forcement, including hiring, equipment, training, and 
anti-methamphetamine activities; and 
(4) $200,000,000 is for grants under section 
1701 of title I of the 1968 Act (42 U.S.C. 3796dd) for 
the hiring and rehiring of additional career law en-
forcement officers under part Q of such title notwith-
standing subsection (i) of such section: Provided, That 
notwithstanding subsection (g) of the 1968 Act (42 
U.S.C. 3796dd), the Federal share of the costs of a 
project funded by such grants may not exceed 75 per-
cent unless the Director of the Office of Community 
Oriented Policing Services waives, wholly or in part, 
the requirement of a non-Federal contribution to the 
costs of a project: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 42 U.S.C. 3796dd–3(c), funding for hiring 
or rehiring a career law enforcement officer may not 
exceed $125,000, unless the Director of the Office of 
Community Oriented Policing Services grants a 
waiver from this limitation: Provided further, That 
within the amounts appropriated, $28,000,000 shall 
be used for the hiring and rehiring of tribal law en-
forcement officers: Provided further, That within the
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amounts appropriated, $10,000,000 is for community 
policing development activities. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not elsewhere specified in this 
title, for management and administration of programs 
within the Community Oriented Policing Services Office, 
$24,500,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
SEC. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made 
available in this title for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, a total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds 
appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title shall 
be available to the Attorney General for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated by this title 
shall be available to pay for an abortion, except where the 
life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were car-
ried to term, or in the case of rape: Provided, That should 
this prohibition be declared unconstitutional by a court of 
competent jurisdiction, this section shall be null and void. 
SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this 
title shall be used to require any person to perform, or fa-
cilitate in any way the performance of, any abortion. 
SEC. 204. Nothing in the preceding section shall re-
move the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons
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to provide escort services necessary for a female inmate to 
receive such service outside the Federal facility: Provided, 
That nothing in this section in any way diminishes the 
effect of section 203 intended to address the philosophical 
beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of Prisons. 
SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available for the current fiscal year for the Depart-
ment of Justice in this Act may be transferred between such 
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as other-
wise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 
10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That any trans-
fer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogram-
ming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not 
be available for obligation except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section. 
SEC. 206. The Attorney General is authorized to extend 
through September 30, 2013, the Personnel Management 
Demonstration Project transferred to the Attorney General 
pursuant to section 1115 of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002, Public Law 107–296 (28 U.S.C. 599B) without limi-
tation on the number of employees or the positions covered. 
SEC. 207. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
Public Law 102–395 section 102(b) shall extend to the Bu-
reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the 
conduct of undercover investigative operations and shall
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apply without fiscal year limitation with respect to any 
undercover investigative operation by the Bureau of Alco-
hol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that is necessary for 
the detection and prosecution of crimes against the United 
States. 
SEC. 208. None of the funds made available to the De-
partment of Justice in this Act may be used for the purpose 
of transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant 
to conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is 
classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other 
than to a prison or other facility certified by the Federal 
Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing such 
a prisoner. 
SEC. 209. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable tele-
vision services, to rent or purchase videocassettes, video-
cassette recorders, or other audiovisual or electronic equip-
ment used primarily for recreational purposes. 
(b) The preceding sentence does not preclude the rent-
ing, maintenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic 
equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational 
programs. 
SEC. 210. None of the funds made available under this 
title shall be obligated or expended for any new or enhanced 
information technology program having total estimated de-
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velopment costs in excess of $100,000,000, unless the Deputy 
Attorney General and the investment review board certify 
to the Committees on Appropriations that the information 
technology program has appropriate program management 
and contractor oversight mechanisms in place, and that the 
program is compatible with the enterprise architecture of 
the Department of Justice. 
SEC. 211. The notification thresholds and procedures 
set forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to deviations 
from the amounts designated for specific activities in this 
Act and accompanying statement, and to any use of 
deobligated balances of funds provided under this title in 
previous years. 
SEC. 212. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, 
or approve a public-private competition under the Office 
of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any successor 
administrative regulation, directive, or policy for work per-
formed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons or of Federal 
Prison Industries, Incorporated. 
SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no funds shall be available for the salary, benefits, or ex-
penses of any United States Attorney assigned dual or addi-
tional responsibilities by the Attorney General or his des-
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ignee that exempt that United States Attorney from the 
residency requirements of 28 U.S.C. 545. 
SEC. 214. At the discretion of the Attorney General, 
and in addition to any amounts that otherwise may be 
available (or authorized to be made available) by law, with 
respect to funds appropriated by this Act under the head-
ings for ‘‘Research Evaluation and Statistics’’, ‘‘State and 
Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’, and ‘‘Juvenile Justice 
Programs’’— 
(1) Up to 3 percent of funds made available for 
grant or reimbursement programs may be used to 
provide training and technical assistance; 
(2) Up to 3 percent of funds made available for 
grant or reimbursement programs under such head-
ings, except for amounts appropriated specifically for 
research, evaluation, or statistical programs adminis-
tered by the National Institute of Justice and the Bu-
reau of Justice Statistics, shall be transferred to and 
merged with funds provided to the National Institute 
of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, to be 
used by them for research, evaluation or statistical 
purposes, without regard to the authorizations for 
such grant or reimbursement programs, and of such 
amounts, $1,300,000 shall be transferred to the Bu-
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reau of Prisons for Federal inmate research and eval-
uation purposes; and 
(3) 7 percent of funds made available for grant 
or reimbursement programs: 
(A) under the heading ‘‘State and Local 
Law Enforcement Assistance’’; or 
(B) under the headings ‘‘Research, Evalua-
tion and Statistics’’ and ‘‘Juvenile Justice Pro-
grams’’, to be transferred to and merged with 
funds made available under the heading ‘‘State 
and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’, shall 
be available for tribal criminal justice assistance 
without regard to the authorizations for such 
grant or reimbursement programs. 
SEC. 215. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
section 20109(a), in subtitle A of title II of the Violent 
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 
U.S.C. 13709(a)), shall not apply to amounts made avail-
able by this title. 
SEC. 216. Section 530A of title 28, United States Code, 
is hereby amended by replacing ‘‘appropriated’’ with ‘‘used 
from appropriations’’, and by inserting ‘‘(2),’’ before ‘‘(3)’’. 
SEC. 217. (a) Within 30 days of enactment of this Act, 
the Attorney General shall report to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate