812 
‘‘(3) subject to appropriations, make necessary 
expenditures for the purchase or hire of passenger 
vehicles, and such other facilities and services as the 
Secretary may from time to time find necessary for 
the proper administration of this title; 
‘‘(4) subject to subsection (b), compromise, ad-
just, reduce, or charge-off debts or claims (including 
debts and claims arising from loan guarantees), and 
adjust, modify, subordinate, or release the terms of 
security instruments, leases, contracts, and agree-
ments entered into or administered by the Farm 
Service Agency, the Rural Utilities Service, the 
Rural Housing Service, the Rural Business-Coopera-
tive Service, or successor agencies under this title, 
except for activities conducted under the Housing 
Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1441 et seq.); 
‘‘(5)(A) except for activities conducted under 
the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1441 et seq.), 
collect all claims and obligations administered by the 
Farm Service Agency, the Rural Utilities Service, 
the Rural Housing Service, or the Rural Business- 
Cooperative Service, or under any mortgage, lease, 
contract, or agreement entered into or administered 
by the Agency or Service; and 
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‘‘(B) if the Secretary determines the action is 
necessary and advisable, pursue the collection to 
final collection in any court having jurisdiction; 
‘‘(6) release mortgage and other contract liens 
if it appears that the mortgage and liens have no 
present or prospective value or that the enforcement 
of the mortgage and liens likely would be ineffectual 
or uneconomical; 
‘‘(7) obtain fidelity bonds protecting the Fed-
eral Government against fraud and dishonesty of of-
ficers and employees of the Farm Service Agency, 
the Rural Utilities Service, the Rural Housing Serv-
ice, or the Rural Business-Cooperative Service in 
lieu of faithful performance of duties bonds under 
section 14 of title 6, United States Code, but other-
wise in accordance with the section; 
‘‘(8) consent to— 
‘‘(A) long-term leases of facilities financed 
under this title notwithstanding the failure of 
the lessee to meet any of the requirements of 
this title if the long-term leases are necessary to 
ensure the continuation of services for which fi-
nancing was extended to the lessor; and 
‘‘(B) the transfer of property securing any 
loan or financed by any loan or grant made or 
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guaranteed by the Farm Service Agency, the 
Rural Utilities Service, the Rural Housing Serv-
ice, or the Rural Business-Cooperative Service 
under this title, or any other law administered 
by the Secretary, on such terms as the Sec-
retary considers necessary to carry out the pur-
pose of the loan or grant or to protect the fi-
nancial interest of the Federal Government, 
provided that the Secretary shall document the 
consent of the Secretary for the transfer of the 
property of a borrower in the file of the bor-
rower; and 
‘‘(9) notwithstanding that an area ceases, or 
has ceased, to be rural, in a rural area, or an eligible 
area, make loans and grants, and approve transfers 
and assumptions, under this title on the same basis 
as though the area still was rural in connection with 
property securing any loan made or guaranteed by 
the Secretary under this title or in connection with 
any property held by the Secretary under this title. 
‘‘(b) LOAN ADJUSTMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) NO
LIQUIDATION
OF
PROPERTY.—The 
Secretary may not require liquidation of property se-
curing any farmer program loan or acceleration of 
any payment required under any farmer program 
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loan as a prerequisite to initiating an action author-
ized under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) RELEASE OF PERSONAL LIABILITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the Secretary may release a 
borrower or other person obligated on a debt 
(other than debt incurred under the Housing 
Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1441 et seq.)) from 
personal liability with or without payment of 
any consideration at the time of the com-
promise, adjustment, reduction, or charge-off of 
any claim. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—No compromise, ad-
justment, reduction, or charge-off of any claim 
may be made or carried out after the claim has 
been referred to the Attorney General, unless 
the Attorney General approves. 
‘‘(3) RURAL
ELECTRIFICATION
SECURITY
IN-
STRUMENTS.—In the case of a security instrument 
entered into under the Rural Electrification Act of 
1936 (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.), the Secretary shall no-
tify the Attorney General of the intent of the Sec-
retary to exercise the authority of the Secretary 
under paragraph (2). 
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delivered at the regional level, as determined by the 
Secretary.’’. 
Subtitle D—Other Laws 
SEC. 7401. CRITICAL AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS ACT. 
Section 16(a) of the Critical Agricultural Materials 
Act (7 U.S.C. 178n(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘such sums as are necessary’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Act’’ and all that follows and 
inserting the following: ‘‘Act— 
‘‘(1) such sums as are necessary for each of fis-
cal years 1991 through 2013; and 
‘‘(2) $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 
through 2018.’’. 
SEC. 7402. EQUITY IN EDUCATIONAL LAND-GRANT STATUS 
ACT OF 1994. 
(a) DEFINITION OF 1994 INSTITUTIONS.—Section 
532 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act 
of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; Public Law 103–382) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 532. DEFINITION OF 1994 INSTITUTIONS. 
‘‘In this part, the term ‘1994 Institutions’ means any 
1 of the following: 
‘‘(1) Aaniiih Nakoda College. 
‘‘(2) Bay Mills Community College. 
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