H. R. 1105—30 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, appropria-
tions and authorizations made for the Department 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 327 passenger motor vehicles, of which 315 shall be 
for replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles. 
SEC. 702. New obligational authority provided for the following 
appropriation items in this Act shall remain available until 
expended: Food Safety and Inspection Service, Public Health Data 
Communication Infrastructure System; Farm Service Agency, sala-
ries and expenses funds made available to county committees; For-
eign Agricultural Service, middle-income country training program, 
and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropria-
tion solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in international 
currency exchange rates, subject to documentation by the Foreign 
Agricultural Service. 
SEC. 703. The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobligated 
balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this Act or other 
available unobligated discretionary balances of the Department of 
Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisition of 
plant and capital equipment necessary for the financial manage-
ment modernization initiative and the delivery of financial, adminis-
trative, 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 
approval 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 
approval 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 expenditure to make any 
changes to the Department’s National Finance Center without prior 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress as required by section 712 of this Act. 
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 States Department 
of Agriculture and nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 percent 
of the total direct cost of the agreement when the purpose of 
such cooperative arrangements is to carry out programs of mutual 
interest between the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate 
payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such institu-
tions when such indirect costs are computed on a similar basis 
for all agencies for which appropriations are provided in this Act. 
SEC. 706. Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for 
the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in the 
current fiscal year shall remain available until expended to disburse
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obligations made in the current fiscal year for the following 
accounts: the Rural Development Loan Fund program account, the 
Rural Electrification 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 expenses of activi-
ties related to all advisory committees, panels, commissions, and 
task forces of the Department of Agriculture, except for panels 
used to comply with negotiated rule makings and panels used 
to evaluate competitively awarded grants. 
SEC. 708. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used to carry out section 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 Agriculture may 
be detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by this 
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 reimbursed 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 avail-
able to any non-Department of Agriculture or non-Department of 
Health and Human Services employee questions or responses to 
questions that are a result of information requested for the appro-
priations hearing process. 
SEC. 711. None of the funds made available to the Department 
of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire new information 
technology systems or significant upgrades, as determined by the 
Office of the Chief Information Officer, without the approval of 
the Chief Information Officer and the concurrence of the Executive 
Information Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be trans-
ferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer without the 
prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress: Provided further, That none of the funds available 
to the Department of Agriculture for information technology shall 
be obligated for projects over $25,000 prior to receipt of written 
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 cur-
rent fiscal year, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 
of the United States derived by the collection of fees available 
to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation 
or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds 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; 
(5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or