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not to exceed $497,000 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 $993,000 shall be available for 
the rural utilities program described in section 306E of 
such Act: Provided, That $70,000,000 of the amount appro-
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 such loans and grants shall not be 
subject to any matching requirements: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $19,000,000 of the amount appropriated 
under this heading shall be for technical assistance grants 
for rural water and waste systems pursuant to section 
306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the Secretary makes a deter-
mination of extreme need, of which $5,600,000 shall be 
made available for a grant to a qualified non-profit multi- 
state regional technical assistance organization, with expe-
rience 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, devel-
opment, operation, and management of water and waste 
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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 
$14,000,000 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 
$17,500,000 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 
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 
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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, 
$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, $500,000,000; 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. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$39,959,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and 
Expenses’’. 
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DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND 
PROGRAM 
For the principal amount of broadband telecommuni-
cation loans, $531,699,000. 
For grants for telemedicine and distance learning serv-
ices in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et 
seq., $37,755,000, 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 $4,965,000 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, $38,495,000, to 
remain 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. 
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In addition, $13,406,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for a grant program to finance broadband trans-
mission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning and 
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, 
$813,000. 
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE 
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
In lieu of the amounts made available in section 
14222(b) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 
2008, 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; 
$16,801,584,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2011, of which $2,000,000 may be used to carry out 
the school community garden pilot program established 
under section 18(g)(3) of the Richard B. Russell National 
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School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)(3)) and shall be de-
rived by transfer of the amount made available under the 
heading ‘‘ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERV-
ICE’’ of title I for ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ of which 
$10,051,707,000 is hereby appropriated and $6,747,877,000 
shall be derived by transfer from funds available under sec-
tion 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Pro-
vided, That of the total amount available, $5,000,000 shall 
be available to be awarded as competitive grants to imple-
ment section 4405 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy 
Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), and may be awarded 
notwithstanding the limitations imposed by sections 
4405(b)(1)(A) and 4405(c)(1)(A). 
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR 
WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the WIC Program 
as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $7,552,000,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2011: Provided, 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.), $61,351,846,000, 
of which $3,000,000,000, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2011, 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 this appropriation shall be subject to any work reg-
istration or workfare requirements as may be required by 
law: Provided further, That funds made available for Em-
ployment 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 in-
tegrity provided that such 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-
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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, $233,388,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2011: 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 2010 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, 2011: 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)), 
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, $147,801,000. 
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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), 
$180,367,000: 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-
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. 
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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, Public Law 83–480 and the Food for 
Progress Act of 1985, $2,812,000, shall be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, 
Salaries and Expenses’’: Provided, That funds made avail-
able for the cost of agreements under title I of the Agricul-
tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and 
for title I ocean freight differential may be used inter-
changeably between the two accounts with prior notice to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress. 
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 
Law 83–480, as amended), for commodities supplied in 
connection with dispositions abroad under title II of said 
Act, $1,690,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS 
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, $6,820,000; 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 $6,465,000 
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 
for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses’’, 
and of which $355,000 shall be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, 
Salaries and Expenses’’. 
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), $199,500,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of this amount, 
the Secretary shall use up to $10,000,000 to conduct pilot 
projects to field test new and improved micronutrient for-
tified food products designed to meet energy and nutrient 
needs of program participants: Provided further, That the 
Commodity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the 
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services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of imple-
menting such section, subject to reimbursement from 
amounts provided herein. 
TITLE VI 
RELATED AGENCY 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; 
$3,230,218,000: Provided, That of the amount provided 
under this heading, $578,162,000 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-
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pended, and shall not include any fees pursuant to 21 
U.S.C. 379h(a)(2) and (a)(3) assessed for fiscal year 2011 
but collected in fiscal year 2010; $57,014,000 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; $17,280,000 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; $5,106,000 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; and $235,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco 
product user fees authorized by the Family Smoking Pre-
vention and Tobacco Control Act (Public Law 111–31) and 
shall be credited to this account and remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That fees derived from prescrip-
tion drug, medical device, animal drug, animal generic 
drug, and tobacco product assessments for fiscal year 2010 
received during fiscal year 2010, including any such fees 
assessed prior to fiscal year 2010 but credited for fiscal year 
2010, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2010 limitations: 
Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used to 
develop, establish, or operate any program of user fees au-
thorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of the 
total amount appropriated: (1) $782,915,000 shall be for 
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the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and re-
lated field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2) 
$873,104,000 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 $51,545,000 shall 
be available for the Office of Generic Drugs; (3) 
$305,249,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evalua-
tion and Research and for related field activities in the Of-
fice of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $155,540,000 shall be for the 
Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field activi-
ties in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $349,262,000 
shall be for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health 
and for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory 
Affairs; (6) $58,745,000 shall be for the National Center for 
Toxicological Research; (7) $216,523,000 shall be for the 
Center for Tobacco Products and for related field activities 
in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8) not to exceed 
$117,225,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, of 
which $41,496,000 is for White Oak Consolidation, other 
than the amounts paid to the General Services Administra-
tion for rent; (9) not to exceed $171,526,000 shall be for 
payments to the General Services Administration for rent; 
and (10) $200,129,000 shall be for other activities, includ-
ing the Office of the Commissioner; the Office of Scientific 
and Medical Programs; the Office of Policy, Planning and 
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Preparedness; the Office of International and Special Pro-
grams; the Office of Operations; and central services for 
these offices: Provided further, That the Commissioner, 
through the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, 
may conduct a study and, not later than one year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, submit a report to Con-
gress on the psychological, physiological, and neurological 
similarities between addiction to certain types of food and 
addiction to classic drugs of abuse: Provided further, That 
funds may be transferred from one specified activity to an-
other with the prior notification of the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress. 
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, $12,433,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
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INDEPENDENT AGENCY 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $54,500,000 (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. 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
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. Section 10101 of division B of the Consoli-
dated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Ap-
propriations Act, 2009, (Public Law 110–329) is amended 
in subsection (b) by inserting at the end the following: ‘‘In 
carrying out this section, the Secretary may transfer funds 
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into existing or new accounts as determined by the Sec-
retary.’’. 
SEC. 703. 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 notification 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 the prior notification of the 
Committees on Appropriations of 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 expendi-
ture to make any changes to the Department’s National Fi-
nance Center without prior approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress as required by 
section 712 of this Act: Provided further, That of annual 
income amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the De-
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partment 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, in-
cluding equipment for the improvement and implementa-
tion of a financial management plan, information tech-
nology, and other systems of the National Finance Center 
or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary cost of the National 
Finance Center: Provided further, That none of the amounts 
reserved shall be available for obligation unless the Sec-
retary submits notification of the obligation to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate: Provided further, That the limitation on the ob-
ligation of funds pending notification to Congressional 
Committees 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-
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. 704. 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. 705. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 
used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 
agreements or similar arrangements between the United 
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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: Provided, That this does not preclude ap-
propriate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 
with such institutions when such indirect costs are com-
puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro-
priations are provided in this Act. 
SEC. 706. 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-
tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 
the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 
SEC. 707. 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. 
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SEC. 708. Hereafter, none of the funds appropriated 
by this Act or any other Act may be used to carry out sec-
tion 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. 709. 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. 710. 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. 711. 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-
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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 
unless prior notification has been transmitted to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds available to the De-
partment of Agriculture for information technology shall be 
obligated for projects over $25,000 prior to receipt of writ-
ten approval by the Chief Information Officer. 
SEC. 712. (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 which— 
(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; 
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(5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or 
(6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in advance 
of such reprogramming of funds. 
(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 of 
funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, which-ever is less, 
that: (1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 
project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent 
as approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general 
savings from a reduction in personnel which would result 
in a change in existing programs, activities, or projects as 
approved by Congress; unless the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in 
advance of such reprogramming of funds. 
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(c) The Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress before imple-
menting a 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. 
SEC. 713. 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 2011 appropriations Act. 
SEC. 714. 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 
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of program delivery: Provided, That not later than 120 days 
before the date of the proposed closure or relocation, the Sec-
retary notifies the Committees on Appropriation of the 
House and Senate, and the members of Congress from the 
State in which the office is located of the proposed closure 
or relocation and provides a report that describes the jus-
tifications for such closures and relocations. 
SEC. 715. None of the funds made available to the Food 
and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to close 
or relocate, or to plan to close or relocate, the Food and 
Drug Administration Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis 
in St. Louis, Missouri, outside the city or county limits 
of St. Louis, Missouri. 
SEC. 716. There is hereby appropriated $499,000 for 
any authorized Rural Development program purpose, in 
communities suffering from extreme outmigration and situ-
ated in areas that were designated as part of an Empower-
ment Zone pursuant to section 111 of the Community Re-
newal Tax Relief Act of 2000 (as contained in appendix 
G of Public Law 106–554). 
SEC. 717. None of the funds made available in fiscal 
year 2010 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-
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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. 718. There is hereby appropriated $3,497,000, to 
remain available until expended, for a grant to the Na-
tional Center for Natural Products Research for construc-
tion or renovation to carry out the research objectives of 
the natural products research grant issued by the Food and 
Drug Administration. 
SEC. 719. 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. 
1524(b)) in the current fiscal year shall remain available 
until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 
fiscal year. 
SEC. 720. 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) An Environmental Quality Incentives Pro-
gram as authorized by sections 1241–240H of the 
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Food Security Act of 1985, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
3839aa–3839aa(8)), in excess of $1,180,000,000. 
(2) a program authorized by section 14(h)(1) of 
the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1). 
(3) a program under subsection (b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
section 14222 of Public Law 110–246 in excess of 
$1,123,000,000: 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)(C) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act as amended by section 4304 of Public Law 
110–246 in excess of $25,000,000 until October 1, 
2010: Provided further, That the unobligated balances 
under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, 
$52,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 721. 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. 
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SEC. 722. There is hereby appropriated $2,600,000, to 
remain available until expended, for the planning and de-
sign of construction of an agricultural pest facility in the 
State of Hawaii. 
SEC. 723. There is hereby appropriated $4,000,000 to 
the Secretary of Agriculture to award grant(s) to develop 
and field test new food products designed to improve the 
nutritional delivery of humanitarian food assistance pro-
vided through the McGovern-Dole (section 3107 of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 
1736o–1)) and the Food for Peace title II (7 U.S.C. 1691 
et seq.) programs: Provided, That the Secretary shall use 
the authorities provided under the Research, Education, 
and Economics mission area of the Department in award-
ing such grant(s), with priority given to proposals that 
demonstrate partnering with and in-kind support from the 
private sector. 
SEC. 724. The Rural Utilities Service, Rural Housing 
Service, and Rural Business and Cooperative Service shall 
permit an applicant to solicit and procure professional 
services and have prepared all environmental reviews, as-
sessments, and impact statements: Provided, That such pro-
fessional services will be funded by the applicants and se-
lected by the agencies from procurement schedules of con-
tractors determined qualified to perform said services: Pro-
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vided further, That the Agencies shall establish the scope 
of work and procedures for such services as well as proce-
dures to assure contractors have no financial or other con-
flicts of interest in the outcome of the action and the docu-
mentation meets the needs of the Agencies: Provided further, 
That nothing herein shall affect the responsibility of the 
Agencies to comply with the National Environmental Pol-
icy Act. 
SEC. 725. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
and until receipt of the decennial Census for the year 2010, 
the Secretary of Agriculture shall consider— 
(1) The unincorporated community of Los Osos, 
in the County of San Luis Obispo, California, to be 
a rural area for the purposes of eligibility for Rural 
Utilities Service water and waste disposal loans and 
grants; and 
(2) 
The 
unincorporated 
community 
of 
Thermalito in Butte County, California, (including 
individuals and entities with projects within the com-
munity) eligible for loans and grants funded under 
the housing programs of the Rural Housing Service. 
SEC. 726. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000 for 
section 4404 of Public Law 107–171. 
SEC. 727. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
there is hereby appropriated: 
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(1) $3,000,000 of which $2,000,000 shall be for 
a grant to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, 
Trade, and Consumer Protection, and $1,000,000 
shall be for a grant to the Vermont Agency of Agri-
culture, Foods, and Markets, as authorized by section 
6402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 
of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note); and 
(2) $350,000 for a grant to the Wisconsin De-
partment of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protec-
tion. 
SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide 
financial and technical assistance— 
(1) through the Watershed and Flood Prevention 
Operations program for the Pocasset River Flood-
plain Management Project in the State of Rhode Is-
land; 
(2) through the Watershed and Flood Prevention 
Operations program to carry out the East Locust 
Creek Watershed Plan Revision in Missouri, includ-
ing up to 100 percent of the engineering assistance 
and 75 percent cost share for construction cost of site 
RW1; 
(3) through the Watershed and Flood Prevention 
Operations program to carry out the Little Otter 
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SEC. 730. 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. 731. 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 
available through September 30, 2011, for information tech-
nology expenses. 
SEC. 732. (a) CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS.—Section 
9(b) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1758(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(14) COMBAT PAY.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION OF COMBAT PAY.—In this 
paragraph, the term ‘combat pay’ means any ad-
ditional payment under chapter 5 of title 37, 
United States Code, or otherwise designated by 
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the Secretary to be appropriate for exclusion 
under this paragraph, that is received by or from 
a member of the United States Armed Forces de-
ployed to a designated combat zone, if the addi-
tional pay— 
‘‘(i) is the result of deployment to or 
service in a combat zone; and 
‘‘(ii) was not received immediately 
prior to serving in a combat zone. 
‘‘(B) EXCLUSION.—Combat pay shall not be 
considered to be income for the purpose of deter-
mining the eligibility for free or reduced price 
meals of a child who is a member of the house-
hold of a member of the United States Armed 
Forces.’’. 
(b) SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM 
FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN.—Section 17(d)(2) 
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(d)(2)) 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-
paragraph (D); and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) COMBAT PAY.—For the purpose of de-
termining income eligibility under this section, a 
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State agency shall exclude from income any ad-
ditional payment under chapter 5 of title 37, 
United States Code, or otherwise designated by 
the Secretary to be appropriate for exclusion 
under this subparagraph, that is received by or 
from a member of the United States Armed 
Forces deployed to a designated combat zone, if 
the additional pay— 
‘‘(i) is the result of deployment to or 
service in a combat zone; and 
‘‘(ii) was not received immediately 
prior to serving in a combat zone.’’. 
SEC. 733. (a) Section 531(g)(7)(F) of the Federal Crop 
Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1531(g)(7)(F)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by insert-
ing ‘‘(including multiyear assistance)’’ after ‘‘assist-
ance’’; and 
(2) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘or multiyear pro-
duction losses’’ after ‘‘a production loss’’. 
(b) Section 901(g)(7)(F) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2497(g)(7)(F)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by insert-
ing ‘‘(including multiyear assistance)’’ after ‘‘assist-
ance’’; and 
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(2) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘or multiyear pro-
duction losses’’ after ‘‘a production loss’’. 
SEC. 734. Notwithstanding section 17(g)(5) of the 
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42.U.S.C. 1786(g)(5)), not 
more than $15,000,000 of funds provided in this Act may 
be used for the purpose of evaluating program performance 
in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for 
Women, Infants and Children. 
SEC. 735. Notwithstanding section 17(h)(10)(A) of the 
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10)(A)), 
$154,000,000 of funds provided in this Act shall be used 
for infrastructure, management information systems and 
breastfeeding peer counseling support: Provided, That of the 
$154,000,000, not less than $14,000,000 shall be used for 
infrastructure, not less than $60,000,000 shall be used for 
management information systems, and not less than 
$80,000,000 shall be used for breastfeeding peer counselors 
and other related activities. 
SEC. 736. Agencies with jurisdiction for carrying out 
international food assistance programs under the jurisdic-
tion of this Act, including title II of the Food for Peace 
Act and the McGovern-Dole International Food for Edu-
cation Program, shall— 
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(1) provide to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House and the Senate no later than March 1, 
2010, the following: 
(A) estimates on cost-savings and pro-
grammatic efficiencies that would result from in-
creased use of pre-positioning of food aid com-
modities and processes to ensure such cargoes are 
appropriately maintained to prevent spoilage; 
(B) estimates on cost-savings and pro-
grammatic efficiencies that would result from the 
use of longer-term commodity procurement con-
tracts, the proportional distribution of com-
modity purchases throughout the fiscal year, 
longer-term shipping contracts, contracts which 
include shared-risk principles, and adoptions of 
other commercially acceptable contracting prac-
tices; 
(C) estimates on costs of domestic procure-
ment of commodities, domestic inland transpor-
tation of food aid commodities, domestic storage 
(including loading and unloading), foreign stor-
age (including loading and unloading), foreign 
inland transportation, and ocean freight (includ-
ing ocean freight as adjusted by the ocean freight 
differential reimbursement provided by the Sec-
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retary of Transportation), and costs relating to 
allocation and distribution of commodities in re-
cipient countries; 
(D) information on the frequency of delays 
in transporting food aid commodities, the cause 
or purpose of any delays (including how those 
delays are tracked, monitored and resolved), 
missed schedules by carriers and non-carriers 
(and resulting program costs due to such delays, 
including impacts to program beneficiaries); 
(E) information on the methodologies to im-
prove interagency coordination between host gov-
ernments, the World Food Program, and non- 
governmental organization to develop more con-
sistent estimates of food aid needs and the num-
ber of intended recipients to appropriately in-
form the purchases of commodities and in order 
to appropriately plan for commodity procure-
ment for food aid programs; 
(2) provide the matter described under subsection 
(1) of this section in the form of a consensus report 
under the signatures of the Secretaries of Agriculture, 
State, and Transportation; and 
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(3) estimates and cost savings analysis for this 
section shall be derived from periods representative of 
normal program operations. 
SEC. 737. There is hereby appropriated $7,000,000 to 
carry out section 4202 of Public Law 110–246. 
SEC. 738. There is hereby appropriated $2,600,000 to 
carry out section 1621 of Public Law 110–246. 
SEC. 739. There is hereby appropriated $4,000,000 to 
carry out section 1613 of Public Law 110–246. 
SEC. 740. There is hereby appropriated $250,000, to 
remain available until expended, for a grant to the Kansas 
Farm Bureau Foundation for work-force development ini-
tiatives to address out-migration in rural areas. 
SEC. 741. There is hereby appropriated $800,000 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. 742. Applicants with very low, low, and moderate 
incomes shall be eligible for the program established in sec-
tion 791 of Public Law 109–97. 
SEC. 743. The Secretary of Agriculture may authorize 
a State agency to use funds provided in this Act to exceed 
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the maximum amount of reconstituted infant formula speci-
fied in 7 C.F.R. 246.10 when issuing infant formula to par-
ticipants. Such authorizations shall not otherwise impact 
the eligibility of manufacturers to remain eligible under the 
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, In-
fants and Children authorized by section 17 of the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1966. 
SEC. 744. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to establish or implement a rule allowing 
poultry products to be imported into the United States from 
the People’s Republic of China unless the Secretary of Agri-
culture formally commits in advance to conduct audits of 
inspection systems, on-site reviews of slaughter and proc-
essing facilities, laboratories and other control operations 
before any Chinese facilities are certified as eligible to ship 
fully cooked poultry products to the United States, and at 
least once annually in subsequent years: Provided, That the 
Secretary commits in advance to implement a significantly 
increased level of port of entry re-inspection: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary commits in advance to conduct in-
formation sharing with other countries importing poultry 
products from China that have conducted audits and plant 
inspections: Provided further, That this section shall be ap-
plied in a manner consistent with United States obligations 
under international trade agreements. 
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SEC. 745. (a) The Commissioner of Food and Drugs 
may establish within the Food and Drug Administration 
a review group which shall recommend to the Commissioner 
of Food and Drugs appropriate preclinical, trial design, 
and regulatory paradigms and optimal solutions for the 
prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of rare diseases: Pro-
vided, That the Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall ap-
point 8 individuals employed by the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration to serve on the review group: Provided further, 
That members of the review group shall have specific exper-
tise relating to the development of articles for use in the 
prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of rare diseases, includ-
ing specific expertise in developing or carrying out clinical 
trials. 
(b) The Commissioner of Food and Drugs may estab-
lish within the Food and Drug Administration a review 
group which shall recommend to the Commissioner of Food 
and Drugs appropriate preclinical, trial design, and regu-
latory paradigms and optimal solutions for the prevention, 
diagnosis, and treatment of neglected diseases of the devel-
oping world: Provided, That the Commissioner of Food and 
Drugs shall appoint 8 individuals employed by the Food 
and Drug Administration to serve on the review group: Pro-
vided further, That members of the review group shall have 
specific expertise relating to the development of articles for 
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use in the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of neglected 
diseases of the developing world, including specific expertise 
in developing or carrying out clinical trials: Provided fur-
ther, That for the purposes of this section the term ‘‘ne-
glected disease of the developing world’’ means a tropical 
disease, as defined in section 524(a)(3) of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360n(a)(3)). 
(c) The Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall— 
(1) submit, not later than 1 year after the date 
of the establishment of review groups under sub-
sections (a) and (b), a report to Congress that de-
scribes both the findings and recommendations made 
by the review groups under subsections (a) and (b); 
(2) issue, not later than 180 days after submis-
sion of the report to Congress under paragraph (1), 
guidance based on such recommendations for articles 
for use in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of 
rare diseases and for such uses in neglected diseases 
of the developing world; and 
(3) develop, not later than 180 days after sub-
mission of the report to Congress under paragraph 
(1), internal review standards based on such rec-
ommendations for articles for use in the prevention, 
diagnosis, and treatment of rare diseases and for such 
uses in neglected diseases of the developing world. 
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SEC. 746. Not later than 60 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Administrator of the Foreign Agri-
cultural Service shall submit to Congress a report that de-
scribes the status of the reorganization of the Foreign Agri-
cultural Service and any future plans of the Administrator 
to modify office structures to meet existing, emerging, and 
new priorities. 
SEC. 747. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of any 
employee of the Department of Agriculture to assess any 
agency any greenbook charge or to use any funds acquired 
through an assessment of greenbook charges made prior to 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 748. The Commissioner of Food and Drugs, in 
consultation with the Administrator of the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration, shall conduct a 
study and, not later than 240 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, submit a report to Congress on the tech-
nical challenges associated with inspecting imported sea-
food. The study and report shall— 
(1) provide information on the status of seafood 
importation, including— 
(A) the volume of seafood imported into the 
United States annually, by product and country 
of origin; 
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(B) the number of physical inspections of 
imported seafood products conducted annually, 
by product and country of origin; and 
(C) a listing of the United States ports of 
entry for seafood imports by volume; 
(2) provide information on imported seafood 
products, by product and country of origin, that do 
not meet standards as set forth in the applicable food 
importation law, including the reason for which each 
such product does not meet such standards; 
(3) identify the fish, crayfish, shellfish, and other 
sea species most susceptible to violations of the appli-
cable food importation law; 
(4) identify the aquaculture and mariculture 
practices that are of greatest concern to human 
health; and 
(5) suggest methods for improving import inspec-
tion policies and procedures to protect consumers in 
the United States. 
SEC. 749. (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
General of the United States, shall report to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and of 
the Senate on developing the tourism potential of rural com-
munities. 
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(b) CONTENT OF THE REPORT.—The report required 
by subsection (a) shall— 
(1) identify existing Federal programs that pro-
vide assistance to rural small businesses in developing 
tourism marketing and promotion plans relating to 
tourism in rural areas; 
(2) identify existing Federal programs that as-
sist rural small business concerns in obtaining cap-
ital for starting or expanding businesses primarily 
serving tourists; and 
(3) include recommendations, if any, for improv-
ing existing programs or creating new Federal pro-
grams that may benefit tourism in rural commu-
nities. 
SEC. 750. Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
and until the receipt of the decennial census in the year 
2010, the Secretary of Agriculture may fund community 
facility and water and waste disposal projects of commu-
nities and municipal districts and areas in Connecticut, 
Massachusetts, and Rhode Island that filed applications for 
the projects with the appropriate rural development field 
office of the Department of Agriculture prior to August 1, 
2009, and were determined by the field office to be eligible 
for funding. 
SEC. 751. (a) The Senate finds that— 
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(1) sudden loss in late 2008 of export-market 
based demand equivalent to about 3 percent of domes-
tic milk production has thrown the U.S. dairy indus-
try into a critical supply-demand imbalance; 
(2) an abrupt decline in U.S. exports was fueled 
by the onset of the global economic crisis combined 
with resurgence of milk supplies in Oceania; 
(3) the U.S. average all-milk price reported by 
the National Agriculture Statistics Service from Jan-
uary through May of 2009, has averaged $4.80 per 
hundredweight below the cost of production; 
(4) approximately $3,900,000,000 in dairy pro-
ducer equity has been lost since January; 
(5) anecdotal evidence suggests that U.S. dairy 
producers are losing upwards of $100 per cow per 
month; 
(6) the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 
2008 extended the counter-cyclical Milk Income Loss 
Contract (MILC) support program and instituted a 
‘feed cost adjuster’ to augment that support; 
(7) the Secretary of Agriculture in March trans-
ferred approximately 200,000,000 pounds of nonfat 
dry milk to USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service in 
a move designed to remove inventory from the market 
and support low-income families; 
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(8) the Secretary on March 22nd reactivated 
USDA’s Dairy Export Incentive Program (DEIP) to 
help U.S. producers meet prevailing world prices and 
develop international markets; 
(9) the Secretary announced on July 31, 2009 a 
temporary increase in the amount paid for dairy 
products through the Dairy Product Price Support 
Program (DPPSP), an adjustment that is projected 
to increase dairy farmers’ revenue by $243,000,000; 
and 
(10) U.S. dairy producers face unprecedented 
challenges that threaten the stability of the industry, 
the nation’s milk production infrastructure, and thou-
sands of rural communities. 
(b) The Senate states that the Secretary of Agriculture 
and the President’s Office of Management and Budget 
should continue to closely monitor the U.S. dairy sector and 
use all available discretionary authority to ensure its long- 
term health and sustainability. 
SEC. 752. (a) The Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, may con-
duct a study on the labeling of personal care products regu-
lated by the Food and Drug Administration for which or-
ganic content claims are made. Any such study shall in-
clude— 
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(1) a survey of personal care products for which 
the word ‘‘organic’’ appears on the label; and 
(2) a determination, based on statistical sam-
pling of the products identified under paragraph (1), 
of the accuracy of such claims. 
(b) If the Commissioner of Food and Drugs conducts 
a study described in subsection (a), such Commissioner 
shall— 
(1) not later than 270 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, submit to the Committees on Ag-
riculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Appropriations, 
and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in the 
Senate and the Committees on Agriculture, Appro-
priations, and Energy and Commerce in the House of 
Representatives a report on the findings of the study 
under subsection (a); and 
(2) provide such Committees with any rec-
ommendations on the need to establish labeling stand-
ards for personal care products for which organic con-
tent claims are made, including whether the Food and 
Drug Administration should have pre-market ap-
proval authority for personal care product labeling. 
SEC. 753. (a) The Senate finds that— 
(1) agriculture is a national security concern; 
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(2) the United States suffers from periodic disas-
ters which affects the food and fiber supply of the 
United States; 
(3) the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.) established 5 permanent 
disaster programs to deliver timely and immediate 
assistance to agricultural producers recovering from 
losses; 
(4) as of the date of enactment of this Act, of 
those 5 disaster programs— 
(A) none are available, finalized, and im-
plemented to deliver urgently needed assistance 
for 2009 producer losses; and 
(B) only 1 is being implemented for 2008 
losses; 
(5) according to the Drought Monitor, the State 
of Texas is suffering from extreme and exceptional 
drought conditions, the highest level of severity; and 
(6) the Secretary of Agriculture has previously 
authorized various forms of disaster assistance by 
providing funding under section 32 of the Act of Au-
gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), and through the Com-
modity Credit Corporation. 
(b) It is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of 
Agriculture should use all of the discretionary authority 
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available to the Secretary to make available immediate re-
lief and assistance for agricultural producers suffering 
losses as a result of the 2009 droughts. 
SEC. 754. (a) The Senate finds that— 
(1) with livestock producers facing losses from 
harsh weather in 2008 and continuing to face disas-
ters in 2009, Congress wanted to assist livestock pro-
ducers in recovering losses more quickly and effi-
ciently than previous ad hoc disaster assistance pro-
grams; 
(2) on June 18, 2008, Congress established the 
livestock indemnity program under section 531(c) of 
the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1531(c)) 
and section 901(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2497(c)) as a permanent disaster assistance 
program to provide livestock producers with payments 
of 75 percent of the fair market value for livestock 
losses as a result of adverse weather such as floods, 
blizzards, and extreme heat; 
(3) on July 13, 2009, the Secretary of Agri-
culture promulgated rules for the livestock indemnity 
program that separated non adult beef animals into 
weight ranges of ‘‘less than 400 pounds’’ and ‘‘400 
pounds and more’’; and 
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(4) the ‘‘400 pounds and more’’ range would fall 
well short of covering 75 percent market value pay-
ment for livestock in these higher ranges that are close 
to market weight. 
(b) It is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of 
Agriculture— 
(1) should strive to establish a methodology to 
calculate more specific payments to offset the cost of 
loss for each animal as was intended by Congress for 
calendar years 2008 through 2011; and 
(2) should work with groups representing affected 
livestock producers to come up with this more precise 
methodology. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 9, 2009. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
Passed the Senate August 4, 2009. 
Attest: 
NANCY ERICKSON, 
Secretary. 
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