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the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f–1): Pro-
vided, 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 expenses of activi-
ties related to all advisory committees, panels, commissions, and 
task forces of the Department of Agriculture, except for panels 
used to comply with negotiated rule makings and panels used 
to evaluate competitively awarded grants. 
SEC. 720. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
to pay indirect costs charged against any agricultural research, 
education, or extension grant awards issued by the National 
Institute of Food and Agriculture that exceed 30 percent of total 
Federal funds provided under each award: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 1462 of the National Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3310), funds pro-
vided by this Act for grants awarded competitively by the National 
Institute of Food and Agriculture shall be available to pay full 
allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under section 9 
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638). 
SEC. 721. None of the funds made available by this or any 
other Act may be used to write, prepare, or publish a final rule 
or an interim final rule in furtherance of, or otherwise to implement, 
‘‘Implementation of Regulations Required Under Title XI of the 
Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008; Conduct in Violation 
of the Act’’ (75 Fed. Reg. 35338 (June 22, 2010)) unless the combined 
annual cost to the economy of such rules do not exceed $100,000,000: 
Provided, That no funds be made available by this or any other 
Act to publish a final or interim final rule in furtherance of, or 
otherwise implement, proposed sections 201.2(l), 201.2(t), 201.2(u), 
201.3(c), 201.210, 201.211, 201.213, or 201.214 of ‘‘Implementation 
of Regulations Required Under Title XI of the Food, Conservation 
and Energy Act of 2008; Conduct in Violation of the Act’’ (75 
Fed. Reg. 35338 (June 22, 2010)): Provided further, That such 
rules must be published in the Federal Register no later than 
December 9, 2011: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available by this or any other Act may be used to implement 
such rules until 60 days from the publication date of such rules, 
and only unless such rules are otherwise in compliance with this 
section. 
SEC. 722. Any unobligated funds included under Treasury 
symbol codes 12X3336, 12X2268, 12X0132, 12X2271, 12X2277, 
12X1404, 12X1501, and 12X1336 are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 723. Of the unobligated balances provided pursuant to 
section 16(h)(1)(A) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, 
$11,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 724. There is hereby appropriated $1,996,000 to carry 
out section 1621 of Public Law 110–246. 
SEC. 725. Subject to authorization by the Congress, the Sec-
retary 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 Secretary: business and industry guaranteed loans; 
rural development loan fund; rural business enterprise grants; rural 
business opportunity grants; rural economic development program; 
rural microenterprise program; biorefinery assistance program;
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rural energy for America program; value-added producer grants; 
broadband program; water and waste program; and rural commu-
nity facilities program. 
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 authorized by 
sections 1238D–1238G of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3838d–3838g) in excess of $768,484,000; 
(2) The Watershed Rehabilitation program authorized by 
section 14(h) of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)); 
(3) The Environmental Quality Incentives Program 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; 
(4) The Farmland Protection Program as authorized 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 authorized by sec-
tions 1238O–1238Q of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3838o–3838q) in excess of 209,000 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 authorized by sec-
tion 1240N of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb– 
1)) in excess of $50,000,000; 
(8) The Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentives 
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 author-
ized by section 9005 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8105) in excess of $65,000,000; 
(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 excess of $22,000,000; 
(11) The Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program 
authorized by section 6022 of the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2008s); 
(12) Section 508(d)(3) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1508(d)(3)) to provide a performance-based premium 
discount in the crop insurance program; 
(13) Agricultural Management Assistance Program 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 Conservation Service; 
(14) The Biomass Crop Assistance Program authorized by 
section 9011 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 
of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8111) in excess of $17,000,000 in new 
obligational authority; and 
(15) 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 Option Contracts—$5,000,000; Removal of 
Defective Commodities—$2,500,000: Provided, That none of the 
funds made available in this Act or any other Act shall be
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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 Public 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 limita-
tion described in subsection (b)(2)(A)(v) of section 14222 of 
Public Law 110–246: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated 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 Adjustment 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 
Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act: Provided further, 
That of the available unobligated balances under (b)(2)(A)(iv) 
of section 14222 of Public Law 110–246, $150,000,000 are 
hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 727. 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 nonindustrial forests lands, 
enrolling lands on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico that were damaged 
by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. 
SEC. 728. 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 language as part of the 
President’s Budget submission to the Congress of the United States 
for programs under the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Sub-
committees on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or 
reflects a reduction from the previous year due to user fees proposals 
that have not been enacted into law prior to the submission of 
the Budget unless such Budget submission identifies which addi-
tional 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. 729. The funds made available in Public Law 111–344 
through February 12, 2012 for trade adjustment for farmers are 
hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 730. (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 cur-
rent 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 section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic 
Act 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;
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(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, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission (as the case may be) notifies, in writing, the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 
30 days in advance 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 collection of fees available to the 
agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or 
expenditure for activities, programs, or projects through a re-
programming or use 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 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 Sec-
retary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission (as the case may be) notifies, in writing, the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at 
least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds 
or the use of such authority. 
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission 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 specifi-
cally funded by any other Act. 
(d) As described in this section, no funds may be used for 
any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services or the Chairman of the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission receives from the Committee on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress written or electronic 
mail confirmation of receipt of the notification as required in this 
section. 
SEC. 731. Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development 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.