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has notified the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress on the allocation of these funds by 
USDA agency: Provided further, That no other funds ap-
propriated to the Department by this Act shall be available 
to the Department for support of activities of congres-
sional 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 
General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 
General
Act
of
1978,
$88,781,000
(increased
by 
$500,000), 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 In-
spector General Act of 1978, and including not to exceed 
$125,000 for certain confidential operational expenses, in-
cluding the payment of informants, to be expended under 
the direction of the Inspector General pursuant to Public 
Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Public Law 97–98. 
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 
Counsel, $43,601,000. 
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OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 
EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary
for
Research,
Education
and
Economics, 
$620,000. 
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 
Service, $82,478,000 (increased by $50,000). 
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 Cen-
sus of Agriculture. 
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 Fed-
eral
ownership,
$1,155,568,000
(increased
by 
$2,000,000): Provided, That appropriations hereunder 
shall be available for the operation and maintenance of 
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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 
improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of 
constructing 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 re-
placement value of the building or $375,000, whichever 
is greater: Provided further, That the limitations on alter-
ations contained in this Act shall not apply to moderniza-
tion or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, 
Maryland: Provided further, That appropriations here-
under shall be available for granting easements at the 
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided further, 
That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replace-
ment 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 subdivi-
sion, organization, or individual for the purpose of estab-
lishing or operating any research facility or research 
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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, $35,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
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,
$708,004,000
(increased
by 
$3,519,000), 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), $28,000,000; for payments to eligible insti-
tutions (7 U.S.C. 3222), $48,000,000, provided that each 
institution receives no less than $1,000,000; for special 
grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $70,676,000; for competitive 
grants on improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), 
$15,945,000; for competitive grants (7 U.S.C. 450(i)(b)), 
$210,000,000 (increased by $3,000,000), to remain avail-
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able until expended; for the support of animal health and 
disease programs (7 U.S.C. 3195), $2,950,000; for the 
1994 research grants program for 1994 institutions pur-
suant to section 536 of Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 
301 note), $1,610,000, 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 available until ex-
pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for a program pursuant to sec-
tion 1415A of the National Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3151a), 
$4,000,000, 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 (increased by 
$519,000), to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 
2209b); for an education grants program for Hispanic- 
serving Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241), $10,000,000; for 
competitive grants for the purpose of carrying out all pro-
visions of 7 U.S.C. 3156 to individual eligible institutions 
or consortia of eligible institutions in Alaska and in Ha-
waii, with funds awarded equally to each of the States of 
Alaska and Hawaii, $3,196,000; for a secondary agri-
culture education program and 2-year post-secondary edu-
cation (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)), $983,000; for aquaculture 
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grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), $3,928,000; for sustainable agri-
culture
research
and
education
(7
U.S.C.
5811), 
$14,399,000; for a program of capacity building grants 
(7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to institutions eligible to receive 
funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222, $20,000,000, to 
remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for pay-
ments to the 1994 Institutions pursuant to section 
534(a)(1) of Public Law 103–382, $3,342,000; for resi-
dent instruction grants for insular areas under section 
1491 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, 
and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3363), 
$1,000,000; for distance education grants for insular 
areas under section 1490 of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3362), $1,000,000; for competitive grants for the 
purpose of carrying out section 7526 of the Food, Con-
servation, and Energy Act of 2008 to eligible institutions, 
$3,000,000; for a new era rural technology program pur-
suant to section 1473E of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3319e), $1,000,000; and for necessary expenses of 
Research and Education Activities, $38,498,000, of which 
$2,704,000 for the Research, Education, and Economics 
Information System and $2,136,000 for the Electronic 
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Grants Information System, are to remain 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, $485,466,000, 
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, $295,000,000; payments for 
extension work at the 1994 Institutions under the Smith- 
Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $4,321,000; payments for 
the nutrition and family education program for low-income 
areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $68,000,000; pay-
ments for the pest management program under section 
3(d) of the Act, $9,791,000; payments for the farm safety 
program under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,863,000; pay-
ments for New Technologies for Ag Extension under sec-
tion 3(d) of the Act, $1,500,000; payments to upgrade re-
search, extension, and teaching facilities at institutions eli-
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gible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222, 
$21,000,000, to remain available until expended; pay-
ments for youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the 
Smith-Lever Act, $8,396,000; for youth farm safety edu-
cation and certification extension grants, to be awarded 
competitively under section 3(d) of the Act, $479,000; 
payments for carrying out the provisions of the Renewable 
Resources Extension Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1671 et 
seq.), $4,008,000; payments for the federally recognized 
Tribes Extension Program under section 3(d) of the 
Smith-Lever Act, $3,000,000; payments for sustainable 
agriculture programs under section 3(d) of the Act, 
$4,568,000; payments for cooperative extension work by 
eligible institutions (7 U.S.C. 3221), $44,000,000, pro-
vided
that
each
institution
receives
no
less
than 
$1,000,000; for grants to youth organizations pursuant to 
7 U.S.C. 7630, $1,800,000; payments to carry out the 
food animal residue avoidance database program as au-
thorized by 7 U.S.C. 7642, $806,000; and for necessary 
expenses of Extension Activities, $13,934,000. 
INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES 
For the integrated research, education, and extension 
grants programs, including necessary administrative ex-
penses, $60,022,000, as follows: for competitive grants 
programs authorized under section 406 of the Agricultural 
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Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 
(7 U.S.C. 7626), $45,148,000, including $12,649,000 for 
the water quality program, $14,596,000 for the food safe-
ty program, $4,096,000 for the regional pest management 
centers program, $4,388,000 for the Food Quality Protec-
tion Act risk mitigation program for major food crop sys-
tems, $1,365,000 for the crops affected by Food Quality 
Protection Act implementation, $3,054,000 for the methyl 
bromide transition program, and $5,000,000 for the or-
ganic transition program; for a competitive international 
science and education grants program authorized under 
section 1459A of the National Agricultural Research, Ex-
tension, 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 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 Agri-
culture 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. 
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OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING 
AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary
for
Marketing
and
Regulatory
Programs, 
$753,000. 
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 
representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 
the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085), 
$881,019,000, 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 cost share purposes or for debt retirement for active 
eradication zones; of which $60,243,000 shall be used to 
prevent and control avian influenza and shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That funds provided for the 
contingency fund to meet emergency conditions, informa-
tion technology infrastructure, fruit fly program, emerging 
plant pests, cotton pests program, grasshopper and mor-
mon cricket program, the plum pox program, the National 
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Veterinary Stockpile, up to $1,500,000 in the scrapie pro-
gram 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 eradi-
cation 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 for the operation and maintenance of aircraft 
and the purchase of not to exceed four, of which two shall 
be for replacement only: Provided further, That, in addi-
tion, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the 
agricultural production industry of this country, the Sec-
retary may transfer from other appropriations or funds 
available to the agencies or corporations of the Depart-
ment such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be avail-
able only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradi-
cation of contagious or infectious disease or pests of ani-
mals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance 
with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Pro-
tection 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 
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