In the Senate of the United States, 
August 4, 2009. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 2997) 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, 2010, and for other purposes.’’, do pass 
with the following 
AMENDMENT: 
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: 
That 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, 2010, 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, $5,285,000: 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, $1,000,000, 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, $13,032,000. 
NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION 
For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi-
sion, $15,219,000. 
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Pro-
gram Analysis, $9,436,0000.
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OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Homeland Secu-
rity, $1,859,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Infor-
mation Officer, $63,579,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Finan-
cial Officer, $6,566,000: 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, $895,000. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$23,422,000.
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OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR 
ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Administration, $806,000. 
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, $274,482,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $168,901,000 shall be available for payments to the 
General Services Administration for rent; of which 
$13,500,000 for payment to the Department of Homeland 
Security for building security activities; and of which 
$92,081,000 for buildings operations and maintenance ex-
penses: Provided, That the Secretary is authorized to trans-
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fer funds from a Departmental agency to this account to 
recover 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.), $5,125,000, 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. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For Departmental Administration, $41,319,000, 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
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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 of the 
amount appropriated, $13,000,000 is for stabilization and 
developmental activities to be carried out under the author-
ity provided by title XIV of the Food and Agriculture Act 
of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) and other applicable laws. 
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, $3,968,000: Provided, That these funds may be 
transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture 
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
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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, $9,722,000. 
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, $88,025,000, 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: Provided, That of the amount made available for 
the Office of Inspector General to conduct investigations 
such sums as are necessary shall be made available for the 
inspection of the national organic program established 
under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 
6501 et seq.). 
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 
Counsel, $43,551,000.
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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, $895,000. 
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Serv-
ice, $82,078,000. 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 
Statistics Service, $161,830,000, of which up to $37,908,000 
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, 
$1,181,632,000, of which $35,512,000 shall be for the pur-
poses, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 
‘‘Congressionally Designated Projects’’ in the report to ac-
company this Act: Provided, That appropriations here-
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under shall be available for the operation and maintenance 
of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one for replace-
ment only: Provided further, That appropriations here-
under shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the 
construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and im-
provements, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of con-
structing 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 altering 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 facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided fur-
ther, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for 
granting easements at the Beltsville Agricultural Research 
Center: Provided 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 subdivision, organization, or individual for the 
purpose of establishing or operating any research facility
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or research project of the Agricultural Research Service, as 
authorized by law. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve-
ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip-
ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural 
research programs of the Department of Agriculture, where 
not otherwise provided, $47,027,000, of which $47,027,000 
shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in 
the table titled ‘‘Congressionally Designated Projects’’ in the 
report to accompany this Act, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
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, $757,821,000, of which $61,406,000 shall 
be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the 
table titled ‘‘Congressionally Designated Projects’’ in the re-
port to accompany this Act, as follows: to carry out the 
provisions of the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a–i), 
$215,000,000; for grants for cooperative forestry research 
(16 U.S.C. 582a through a–7), $30,000,000; for payments 
to eligible institutions (7 U.S.C. 3222), $49,000,000, pro-
vided that each institution receives no less than $1,000,000;
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for special grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $50,456,000; for com-
petitive grants on improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), 
$16,423,000; for competitive grants (7 U.S.C. 450(i)(b)), 
$295,181,000, to remain available until expended; for the 
support of animal health and disease programs (7 U.S.C. 
3195), $1,000,000; for supplemental and alternative crops 
and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d), $850,000; for grants for re-
search pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act 
(7 U.S.C. 178 et seq.), $1,083,000, 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), $2,000,000, to remain available 
until expended; for rangeland research grants (7 U.S.C. 
3333), $983,000; for higher education graduate fellowship 
grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), $3,859,000, to remain avail-
able until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for a program pursu-
ant to section 1415A of the National Agricultural Research, 
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
3151a), $5,000,000, to remain available until expended; for 
higher education challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), 
$5,654,000; for a higher education multicultural scholars 
program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), $981,000, to remain avail-
able until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for an education 
grants program for Hispanic-serving Institutions (7 U.S.C. 
3241), $7,737,000; for competitive grants for the purpose
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of carrying out all provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3156 to indi-
vidual eligible institutions or consortia of eligible institu-
tions in Alaska and in Hawaii, with funds awarded equally 
to each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii, $3,200,000; 
for a secondary agriculture education program and 2-year 
post-secondary education (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)), $983,000; for 
aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), $3,928,000; for sus-
tainable agriculture research and education (7 U.S.C. 
5811), $14,500,000; for a program of capacity building 
grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to institutions eligible to re-
ceive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222, $16,500,000, 
to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for 
payments to the 1994 Institutions pursuant to section 
534(a)(1) of Public Law 103–382, $3,342,000; for resident 
instruction grants for insular areas under section 1491 of 
the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teach-
ing Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3363), $800,000; for a 
new era rural technology program pursuant to section 
1473E of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, 
and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3319e), 
$750,000; for a competitive grants program for farm busi-
ness management and benchmarking (7 U.S.C. 5925f), 
$2,000,000; for a competitive grants program regarding 
biobased energy (7 U.S.C. 8114), $1,500,000; and for nec-
essary expenses of Research and Education Activities,
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$25,111,000, of which $2,704,000 for the Research, Edu-
cation, and Economics Information System and $2,136,000 
for the Electronic Grants Information System, are to re-
main available until expended. 
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. 
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 
Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the 
Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $491,292,000, 
of which $7,898,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the 
amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Congressionally Des-
ignated Projects’’ in the report to accompany this Act, 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, $300,000,000; payments for extension 
work at the 1994 Institutions under the Smith-Lever Act 
(7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $4,000,000; payments for the nutri-
tion and family education program for low-income areas 
under section 3(d) of the Act, $68,139,000; payments for 
the pest management program under section 3(d) of the Act,
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$10,085,000; payments for the farm safety program under 
section 3(d) of the Act, $4,863,000; payments for New Tech-
nologies for Ag Extension under section 3(d) of the Act, 
$2,000,000; payments to upgrade research, extension, and 
teaching facilities at institutions eligible to receive funds 
under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222, $18,540,000, to remain 
available until expended; payments for youth-at-risk pro-
grams under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, 
$8,427,000; for youth farm safety education and certifi-
cation extension grants, to be awarded competitively under 
section 3(d) of the Act, $493,000; payments for carrying 
out the provisions of the Renewable Resources Extension Act 
of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.), $4,128,000; payments for 
the federally-recognized Tribes Extension Program under 
section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $3,090,000; payments 
for sustainable agriculture programs under section 3(d) of 
the Act, $4,705,000; payments for rural health and safety 
education as authorized by section 502(i) of Public Law 
92–419 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)), $1,738,000; payments for coop-
erative extension work by eligible institutions (7 U.S.C. 
3221), $41,354,000, provided that each institution receives 
no less than $1,000,000; for grants to youth organizations 
pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 7630, $1,767,000; payments to carry 
out the food animal residue avoidance database program 
as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 7642, $1,000,000; payments to
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carry out section 1672(e)(49) of the Food, Agriculture, Con-
servation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925), as 
amended, $500,000; and for necessary expenses of Extension 
Activities, $16,463,000. 
INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES 
For the integrated research, education, and extension 
grants programs, including necessary administrative ex-
penses, $56,864,000, 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), $41,990,000, including $12,649,000 for the 
water quality program, $14,596,000 for the food safety pro-
gram, $4,096,000 for the regional pest management centers 
program, $4,388,000 for the Food Quality Protection Act 
risk mitigation program for major food crop systems, 
$1,365,000 for the crops affected by Food Quality Protection 
Act implementation, $3,054,000 for the methyl bromide 
transition program, and $1,842,000 for the organic transi-
tion program; for a competitive international science and 
education grants program authorized under section 1459A 
of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3292b), to remain 
available until expended, $3,000,000; for grants programs 
authorized under section 2(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 89–106, 
as amended, $732,000, to remain available until September
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30, 2011, for the critical issues program; $1,312,000 for the 
regional 
rural 
development 
centers 
program; 
and 
$9,830,000 for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative 
authorized under section 1484 of the National Agricultural 
Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, to 
remain available until September 30, 2011. 
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, $895,000. 
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), 
$911,394,000, of which $18,059,000 shall be for the pur-
poses, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 
‘‘Congressionally Designated Projects’’ in the report to ac-
company this Act, of which $2,058,000 shall be available 
for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases, animal 
diseases and for control of pest animals and birds to the 
extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of which 
$23,390,000 shall be used for the cotton pests program for
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cost share purposes or for debt retirement for active eradi-
cation zones; of which $7,300,000 shall be for a National 
Animal Identification program and may only be used for 
ongoing activities and purposes (as of the date of enactment 
of this Act) relating to proposed rulemaking for that pro-
gram under subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of 
title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Ad-
ministrative Procedure Act’’); of which $60,243,000 shall 
be used to prevent and control avian influenza and shall 
remain available until expended: Provided, That funds pro-
vided for the contingency fund to meet emergency condi-
tions, information technology infrastructure, fruit fly pro-
gram, emerging plant pests, cotton pests program, grass-
hopper and mormon cricket program, the plum pox pro-
gram, the National Veterinary Stockpile, the National Ani-
mal Identification System, up to $1,500,000 in the scrapie 
program for indemnities, up to $1,000,000 for wildlife serv-
ices methods development, up to $1,000,000 of the wildlife 
services operations program for aviation safety, and up to 
25 percent of the screwworm program shall remain avail-
able until expended: 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 further, That this appropriation shall be available
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for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the pur-
chase of not to exceed four, of which two shall be for replace-
ment only: Provided further, That, in addition, in emer-
gencies which threaten any segment of the agricultural pro-
duction industry of this country, the Secretary may trans-
fer from other appropriations or funds available to the 
agencies or corporations of the Department such sums as 
may be deemed necessary, to be available only in such emer-
gencies for the arrest and eradication of contagious or infec-
tious 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 sections 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 pre-
ceding 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 improve-
ments, but unless otherwise provided the cost of altering any 
one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per-
cent of the current replacement value of the building: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount available under this head-
ing, at least $17,764,000 shall be used for the tuberculosis
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program (including at least $3,000,000 for tuberculosis in-
demnity and depopulation). 
In fiscal year 2010, 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-
ices provided to the entity by the agency, and such fees shall 
be credited 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, $4,712,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
MARKETING SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 
Service, $90,848,000: Provided, That this appropriation 
shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the
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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). 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $64,583,000 (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, including not less than $20,000,000 for 
replacement of a system to support commodity purchases, 
except for: (1) transfers to the Department of Commerce as 
authorized by the Fish and Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; 
(2) transfers otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not
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more than $20,056,000 for formulation and administration 
of marketing agreements and orders pursuant to the Agri-
cultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricul-
tural 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)), $1,334,000. 
GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Grain Inspection, Pack-
ers and Stockyards Administration, $41,564,000: 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 $42,463,000 (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-
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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, $813,000. 
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized 
by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products 
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), $1,018,520,000; 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 150 full-time 
equivalent positions shall be employed during fiscal year 
2010 for purposes dedicated solely to inspections and en-
forcement related to the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act: 
Provided further, That of the amount available under this 
heading, $3,000,000 shall be obligated to maintain the Hu-
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mane Animal Tracking System as part of the Public Health 
Data Communication Infrastructure System: Provided fur-
ther, 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 per-
cent of the current replacement value of the building. 
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, 
$895,000. 
FARM SERVICE AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 
$1,603,777,000: 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.
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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), 
$4,369,000. 
GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 
groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2), 
$5,000,000, 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).
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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), direct and 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 
Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm own-
ership loans, $1,892,990,000, of which $1,500,000,000 shall 
be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans and $392,990,000 
shall be for direct loans; operating loans, $1,994,467,000, 
of which $1,150,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaran-
teed loans, $144,467,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed 
loans and $700,000,000 shall be for direct loans; Indian 
tribe land acquisition loans, $2,000,000; conservation loans, 
$150,000,000, of which $75,000,000 shall be for guaranteed 
loans and $75,000,000 shall be for direct loans; 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 pro-
gram loans.
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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: farm owner-
ship loans, $21,584,000, of which $5,550,000 shall be for 
unsubsidized guaranteed loans, and $16,034,000 shall be for 
direct loans; operating loans, $80,402,000, of which 
$26,910,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, 
$20,312,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans, and 
$33,180,000 shall be for direct loans; conservation loans, 
$1,343,000, of which $278,000 shall be for guaranteed loans, 
and $1,065,000 shall be for direct loans; and Indian highly 
fractionated land loans, $793,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$321,093,000, of which $313,173,000 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 Program Account for farm ownership, op-
erating, and conservation direct loans and guaranteed loans 
may be transferred among these programs: Provided, That 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress are notified at least 15 days in advance of any trans-
fer.
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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 
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.
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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, $895,000. 
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 
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
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maintenance of aircraft, $949,577,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2011, of which up to $50,730,000 may 
be used in planning and carrying out projects for resource 
conservation and development and for sound land use pur-
suant to the provisions of sections 31 and 32 of the 
Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1010–1011; 
76 Stat. 607); the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a– 
590f); and subtitle H of title XV of the Agriculture and 
Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451–3461), and of which 
$21,511,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, 
specified in the table titled ‘‘Congressionally Designated 
Projects’’ in the report to accompany this Act: Provided, 
That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant 
to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improvement of 
buildings and public improvements at plant materials cen-
ters, except that the cost of alterations and improvements 
to other buildings and other public improvements shall not 
exceed $250,000: Provided further, That the Secretary is au-
thorized to transfer ownership of all land, buildings, and 
related improvements of the Natural Resources Conserva-
tion Service facilities located in Medicine Bow, Wyoming, 
to the Medicine Bow Conservation District: Provided fur-
ther, That when buildings or other structures are erected 
on non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is ob-
tained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a.
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WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas-
ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op-
erations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, 
rehabilitation of existing works and changes in use of land, 
in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood 
Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001–1005 and 1007–1009), the 
provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a– 
f), and in accordance with the provisions of laws relating 
to the activities of the Department, $24,394,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $16,750,000 shall be for 
the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table ti-
tled ‘‘Congressionally Designated Projects’’ in the report to 
accompany this Act: Provided, That not to exceed 
$15,000,000 of this appropriation shall be available for 
technical assistance. 
WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out rehabilitation of 
structural measures, in accordance with section 14 of the 
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 
1012), and in accordance with the provisions of laws relat-
ing to the activities of the Department, $40,161,000, to re-
main available until expended.
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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, $895,000. 
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-
tural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; 
$207,237,000: 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 $10,000 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.
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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: $13,226,501,000 for 
loans to section 502 borrowers, of which $1,226,501,000 
shall be for direct loans, and of which $12,000,000,000 shall 
be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $34,412,000 for sec-
tion 504 housing repair loans; $69,512,000 for section 515 
rental housing; $129,090,000 for section 538 guaranteed 
multi-family housing loans; $5,045,000 for section 524 site 
loans; $11,448,000 for credit sales of acquired property, of 
which up to $1,448,000 may be for multi-family credit 
sales; and $4,970,000 for section 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, $217,322,000, of which $44,522,000 shall be for 
direct loans, and of which $172,800,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed 
loans; section 504 housing repair loans, $4,422,000; repair, 
rehabilitation, and new construction of section 515 rental
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housing, $18,935,000; section 538 multi-family housing 
guaranteed loans, $1,485,000; and credit sales of acquired 
property, $556,000: Provided, That section 538 multi-fam-
ily housing guaranteed loans funded pursuant to this para-
graph shall not be subject to a guarantee fee and the interest 
on such loans may not be subsidized: Provided further, That 
any balances for a demonstration program for the preserva-
tion and revitalization of the section 515 multi-family rent-
al housing properties as authorized by Public Law 109– 
97 and Public Law 110–5 shall be transferred to and 
merged with the ‘‘Rural Housing Service, Multi-family 
Housing Revitalization Program Account’’. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$468,593,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 
and Expenses’’. 
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, $980,000,000; 
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, up to $5,958,000 may be available for debt 
forgiveness or payments for eligible households as authorized 
by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, and not to exceed 
$50,000 per project for advances to nonprofit organizations 
or public agencies to cover direct costs (other than purchase 
price) incurred in purchasing projects pursuant to section 
502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That of this 
amount not less than $2,030,000 is available for newly con-
structed units financed by section 515 of the Housing Act 
of 1949, and not less than $3,400,000 is for newly con-
structed units financed under sections 514 and 516 of the 
Housing Act of 1949: Provided further, That rental assist-
ance agreements entered into or renewed during the current 
fiscal year shall be funded for a one-year period: Provided 
further, That any unexpended balances remaining at the 
end of such one-year agreements may be transferred and 
used for the purposes of any debt reduction; maintenance, 
repair, or rehabilitation of any existing projects; preserva-
tion; and rental assistance activities authorized under title 
V of the Act: Provided further, That rental assistance pro-
vided under agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 
2010 for a farm labor multi-family housing project financed 
under section 514 or 516 of the Act may not be recaptured
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for use in another project until such assistance has re-
mained unused for a period of 12 consecutive months, if 
such project has a waiting list of tenants seeking such as-
sistance or the project has rental assistance eligible tenants 
who are not receiving such assistance: Provided further, 
That such recaptured rental assistance shall, to the extent 
practicable, be applied to another farm labor multi-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, for the cost to con-
duct a housing demonstration program to provide revolving 
loans for the preservation of low-income multi-family hous-
ing projects, and for additional costs to conduct a dem-
onstration program for the preservation and revitalization 
of multi-family rental housing properties described in this 
paragraph, $39,651,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That of the funds made available under 
this heading, $18,000,000 shall be available for rural hous-
ing vouchers to any low-income household (including those 
not receiving rental assistance) residing in a property fi-
nanced with a section 515 loan which has been prepaid
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after September 30, 2005: Provided further, That the 
amount of such voucher shall be the difference between com-
parable 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 avail-
ability of annual appropriations: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, ad-
minister such vouchers with current regulations and ad-
ministrative guidance applicable to section 8 housing 
vouchers administered by the Secretary of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development (including the ability 
to pay administrative costs related to delivery of the vouch-
er funds): Provided further, That if the Secretary deter-
mines 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 programs for the 
preservation and revitalization of multi-family rental hous-
ing properties described in this paragraph: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$1,791,000 shall be available for the cost of loans to private 
nonprofit organizations, or such nonprofit organizations’ 
affiliate loan funds and State and local housing finance 
agencies, to carry out a housing demonstration program to 
provide revolving loans for the preservation of low-income 
multi-family housing projects: Provided further, That loans
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under such demonstration program shall have an interest 
rate of not more than 1 percent direct loan to the recipient: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may defer the interest 
and principal payment to the Rural Housing Service for 
up to 3 years and the term of such loans shall not exceed 
30 years: Provided further, That of the funds made avail-
able under this heading, $19,860,000 shall be available for 
a demonstration program for the preservation and revital-
ization of the section 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental 
housing properties to restructure existing USDA multi-fam-
ily housing loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate, ex-
pressly 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 eliminating interest; 
deferring loan payments, subordinating, reducing or re-
amortizing loan debt; and other financial assistance includ-
ing advances, payments and incentives (including the abil-
ity of owners to obtain reasonable returns on investment) 
required by the Secretary: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall as part of the preservation and revitalization 
agreement obtain a restrictive use agreement consistent 
with the terms of the restructuring: Provided further, That 
if the Secretary determines that additional funds for vouch-
ers described in this paragraph are needed, funds for the
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preservation and revitalization demonstration program 
may be used for such vouchers: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may use any unobligated funds appropriated for 
the rural housing voucher program in a prior fiscal year 
to support information technology activities of the Rural 
Housing Service to the extent the Secretary determines that 
additional funds are not needed for this fiscal year to pro-
vide vouchers described in this paragraph: Provided further, 
That if Congress enacts legislation to permanently author-
ize a multi-family rental housing loan restructuring pro-
gram similar to the demonstration program described here-
in, the Secretary may use funds made available for the dem-
onstration program under this heading to carry out such 
legislation with the prior notification of the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
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), 
$38,727,000, to remain available until expended. 
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
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U.S.C. 1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 1490m, $41,500,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That any bal-
ances to carry out a housing demonstration program to pro-
vide revolving loans for the preservation of low-income 
multi-family housing projects as authorized in Public Law 
108–447 and Public Law 109–97 shall be transferred to and 
merged with the ‘‘Rural Housing Service, Multi-family 
Housing Revitalization Program Account’’. 
FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, as 
authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $16,968,000, to 
remain available until expended, for direct farm labor hous-
ing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and con-
tracts. 
RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and 
grants for rural community facilities programs as author-
ized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 
$54,993,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That $6,256,000 of the amount appropriated under this 
heading shall be available for a Rural Community Develop-
ment Initiative: Provided further, That such funds shall be 
used solely to develop the capacity and ability of private,
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nonprofit community-based housing and community devel-
opment organizations, low-income rural communities, and 
Federally Recognized Native American Tribes to undertake 
projects to improve housing, community facilities, commu-
nity and economic development projects in rural areas: Pro-
vided further, That such funds shall be made available to 
qualified private, nonprofit and public intermediary orga-
nizations proposing to carry out a program of financial 
and technical assistance: Provided further, That such inter-
mediary organizations shall provide matching funds from 
other sources, including Federal funds for related activities, 
in an amount not less than funds provided: Provided fur-
ther, That $13,902,000 of the amount appropriated under 
this heading shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural 
communities with extreme unemployment and severe eco-
nomic depression (Public Law 106–387), with up to 5 per-
cent for administration and capacity building in the State 
rural 
development 
offices: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
$3,972,000 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 sections 381E–H and 381N of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not ap-
plicable to the funds made available under this heading: 
Provided further, That any prior balances in the Rural De-
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velopment, Rural Community Advancement Program ac-
count 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 Advancement Pro-
gram account that the Secretary determines is appropriate 
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, $97,116,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the amount appropriated under this 
heading, not to exceed $500,000 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 $2,979,000 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-
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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 
order to promote economic development: 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 heading: Provided further, That 
any prior balances in the Rural Development, Rural Com-
munity Advancement Program account for programs au-
thorized 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 Secretary determines is appro-
priate 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)), 
$33,536,000. 
For the cost of direct loans, $8,464,000, as authorized 
by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), 
of which $1,035,000 shall be available through June 30,
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2010, for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes and 
of which $2,070,000 shall be available through June 30, 
2010, for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as determined 
in accordance with Public Law 100–460): Provided, That 
such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall 
be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct loan programs, $4,941,000 shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop-
ment, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
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, $43,000,000 shall not be obli-
gated and $43,000,000 are rescinded. 
RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 
For rural cooperative development grants authorized 
under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
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Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(i)), $38,854,000, of which 
$300,000 shall be for a cooperative research agreement with 
a qualified academic institution to conduct research on the 
national economic impact of all types of cooperatives; and 
of which $2,800,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for 
the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro-
gram: Provided, That not to exceed $3,463,000 shall be for 
cooperatives or associations of cooperatives whose primary 
focus is to provide assistance to small, socially disadvan-
taged producers and whose governing board and/or member-
ship is comprised of at least 75 percent socially disadvan-
taged members; and of which $21,867,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, shall be for value-added agricultural 
product market development grants, as authorized by sec-
tion 231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 
(7 U.S.C. 1621 note). 
RURAL MICROENTERPRISE INVESTMENT PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For the cost of loans and grants, $22,000,000 as au-
thorized by section 379E of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1981 et seq.): Provided, 
That such costs of loans, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974.
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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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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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Creek Watershed project in Missouri. The sponsoring 
local organization may obtain land rights by per-
petual easements; 
(4) through the Watershed and Flood Prevention 
Operations program to carry out the DuPage County 
Watershed project in the State of Illinois; 
(5) through the Watershed and Flood Prevention 
Operations program to carry out the Dunloup Creek 
Watershed Project in Fayette and Raleigh Counties, 
West Virginia; 
(6) through the Watershed and Flood Prevention 
Operations program to carry out the Dry Creek Wa-
tershed project in the State of California; and 
(7) through the Watershed and Flood Prevention 
Operations program to carry out the Upper Clark 
Fork Watershed project in the State of Montana. 
SEC. 729. Section 17(r)(5) of the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(r)(5)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘ten’’ and inserting ‘‘eleven’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘eight’’ and inserting ‘‘nine’’; 
and 
(3) by inserting ‘‘Wisconsin,’’ after the first in-
stance of ‘‘States shall be’’.
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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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(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’’. 
Attest: 
Secretary.