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the Food Safety and Inspection Service, includ-
ing one representative of small agriculture or 
livestock producers; and 
(E) food manufacturers and processors of 
varying sizes that are regulated by the Food 
Safety and Inspection Service, including at least 
one representative of small food manufacturers 
or processors. 
(3) INITIAL DUTIES AND REPORT.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date on which the stake-
holder panel is initially convened, the stakeholder 
panel shall develop and submit to the Secretary of 
Agriculture the terms of reference and the scope of 
the work to be addressed by the Institute of Medi-
cine and the National Research Council of the Na-
tional Academy of Sciences study described in sub-
section (c) based on an analysis of public health 
needs related to food safety and a conception of a 
modern food safety system. 
(4) POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS AND FINAL RE-
PORT.—Not later than one year after the date on 
which the Secretary of Agriculture submits to the 
stakeholder panel the report described in subsection 
(c)(3), the stakeholder panel shall develop and sub-
mit to the congressional agriculture committees pol-
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icy recommendations, including identifying statutory 
and regulatory changes necessary, on how to im-
prove the food safety system for products regulated 
by the Food Safety and Inspection Service based on 
an analysis of public health needs, a conception of 
a modern food safety system, and considering the re-
port described in subsection (c)(3). 
(c) NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES STUDY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture 
shall contract with the Institute of Medicine and the 
National Research Council of the National Academy 
of Sciences to conduct an evidence-based study of 
the food safety system for products regulated by the 
Food Safety and Inspection Service. 
(2) USE OF TERMS AND SCOPE.—The study de-
scribed in subparagraph (1) shall use the terms of 
reference and be conducted within the scope devel-
oped by the stakeholder panel under subsection 
(b)(4). 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 
date on which the stakeholder panel submits the re-
port required under subsection (b)(3), the Institute 
of Medicine and the National Research Council of 
the National Academy of Sciences shall submit to 
the Secretary of Agriculture a report detailing the 
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results of the study conducted under this subsection. 
Upon receipt of such report, the Secretary of Agri-
culture shall submit such report to the stakeholder 
panel. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CONGRESSIONAL
AGRICULTURE
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘congressional agriculture com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Agriculture and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri-
tion, and Forestry and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the Senate. 
(2) FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE.— 
The term ‘‘Food Safety and Inspection Service’’ 
means the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the 
Department of Agriculture. 
(3) STAKEHOLDER PANEL.—The term ‘‘stake-
holder panel’’ means the stakeholder panel estab-
lished under subsection (b)(2). 
SEC. 745. The unobligated balances available for the 
wildlife habitat incentives program under section 1240N 
of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–1), 
as identified by Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 
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12X3322, are rescinded; for the program under the Water 
Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.), as identified by Treas-
ury Appropriation Fund Symbol 12X3320; and for the 
wetlands reserve program under section 1237 of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837), as identified by 
Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 12X1080; are re-
scinded. 
SEC. 746. Hereafter, under the Rural Electrification 
Act of 1936 the Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct a 
pilot program that provides loans or loan guarantees for 
the construction of not more than three baseload electric 
generation plants: Provided, That in issuing loans and 
loan guarantees the Secretary shall not discriminate based 
on the fuel input of such plants as long as the input is 
from fossil fuels and the generation facility emits into the 
ambient air CO2 at a rate, in lbs CO2/MWh, not greater 
than the CO2 emitted from a natural gas fired generation 
facility of a similar size that began operation within the 
last 10 years, as determined by the Secretary: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall charge an upfront fee 
equal to the subsidy cost of such loans as calculated in 
accordance with section 502 of the Federal Credit Reform 
Act of 1990: Provided further, That the fee shall be paid 
from non-Federal sources: Provided further, That the 
source of such payment received from borrowers is not a 
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loan or other debt obligation that is guaranteed by the 
Federal Government: Provided further, That gross obliga-
tions for the principal amount of loans authorized by this 
section shall not exceed $1,500,000,000. 
SEC. 747. The unobligated balances available for the 
Outreach for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers account, as 
identified by Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 
12X0601, are rescinded; for the Rural Community Ad-
vancement Program, as identified by Treasury Appropria-
tion Fund Symbol 12X0400, are rescinded; for the Pay-
ments to States program, as identified by Treasury Appro-
priation Fund symbol 12X2501, are rescinded; for the 
Common Computing Environment account, as identified 
by Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 12X0113, 
$1,866,000 are rescinded; for the Office of the Secretary, 
as identified by Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 
12X0115, are rescinded; for the Agricultural Credit Insur-
ance Fund, as identified by Treasury Appropriation Fund 
Symbol 12X1140, $3,000,000 are rescinded; for the Re-
source Conservation and Development program, as identi-
fied by Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 12X1010, 
$1,563,000 are rescinded; for the Emergency Conserva-
tion Program, as identified by Treasury Appropriation 
Fund Symbol 12X3316, $19,939,000 are rescinded; for 
Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations, as identified 
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