available for salaries and expenses in this Act for the 
Farm Service Agency and the Rural Development mission 
area, shall remain available through September 30, 2016, 
for information technology expenses. 
SEC. 711. The Secretary of Agriculture may author-
ize a State agency to use funds provided in this Act to 
exceed the maximum amount of liquid infant formula 
specified in 7 CFR 246.10 when issuing liquid infant for-
mula to participants. 
SEC. 712. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used for first-class 
travel by the employees of agencies funded by this Act in 
contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 
of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 713. In the case of each program established 
or amended by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 
113–79), other than by title I or subtitle A of title III 
of such Act, or programs for which indefinite amounts 
were provided in that Act, that is authorized or required 
to be carried out using funds of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation— 
(1) such funds shall be available for salaries 
and related administrative expenses, including tech-
nical assistance, associated with the implementation 
of the program, without regard to the limitation on 
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the total amount of allotments and fund transfers 
contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and 
(2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall 
not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment 
for purposes of applying the limitation on the total 
amount of allotments and fund transfers contained 
in such section. 
SEC. 714. None of the funds made available in fiscal 
year 2015 or preceding fiscal years for programs author-
ized 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 
Commodity Credit Corporation for the release of eligible 
commodities under section 302(f)(2)(A) of the Bill Emer-
son Humanitarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f–1): Pro-
vided, That any such funds made available to reimburse 
the Commodity Credit Corporation shall only be used pur-
suant to section 302(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Bill Emerson Hu-
manitarian Trust Act. 
SEC. 715. Of the funds made available by this Act, 
not more than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary 
expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 
panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 
of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego-
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tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi-
tively awarded grants. 
SEC. 716. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to pay indirect costs charged against any agricultural 
research, education, or extension grant awards issued by 
the National Institute of Food and Agriculture that exceed 
30 percent of total Federal funds provided under each 
award: Provided, That notwithstanding section 1462 of 
the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3310), funds pro-
vided by this Act for grants awarded competitively by the 
National Institute of Food and Agriculture shall be avail-
able to pay full allowable indirect costs for each grant 
awarded under section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 638). 
SEC. 717. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise 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) The Watershed Rehabilitation program au-
thorized by section 14(h)(1) of the Watershed and 
Flood Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)) in ex-
cess of $92,000,000. 
(2) The Environmental Quality Incentives Pro-
gram as authorized by sections 1240–1240H of the 
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Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa– 
3829aa–8) in excess of $1,391,000,000. 
(3) The Agricultural Conservation Easement 
Program established under subtitle H of title XII of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3685 et 
seq.) in excess of $365,000,000. 
(4) The Conservation Stewardship Program as 
authorized by sections 1238D–1238G of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838d–3838g) in 
excess of $1,166,000,000. 
(5) The Biomass Crop Assistance Program au-
thorized by section 9011 of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8111) in 
excess of $15,000,000 in new obligational authority. 
(6) The Rural Energy for America Program as 
authorized by section 9007 of the Farm Security 
and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107) 
in excess of $30,000,000. 
(7) The Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical and 
Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance pro-
gram as authorized by section 9003 of the Farm Se-
curity and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 
8103) in excess of $22,000,000. 
SEC. 718. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 
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to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 
a program under subsection (b)(2)(A)(vii) of section 
14222 of Public Law 110–246 in excess of $959,000,000, 
as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement Com-
modities—$465,000,000; 
State 
Option 
Contracts— 
$5,000,000; 
Removal 
of 
Defective 
Commodities— 
$2,500,000: Provided, That none of the funds made avail-
able in this Act or any other Act shall be used for salaries 
and expenses to carry out in this fiscal year section 
19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act, except in an amount that excludes the transfer 
of $122,000,000 of the funds to be transferred under sub-
section (c) of section 14222 of Public Law 110–246, until 
October 1, 2015: Provided further, That $122,000,000 
made available on October 1, 2015, to carry out section 
19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act, as amended, shall be excluded from the limita-
tion described in subsection (b)(2)(A)(viii) of section 
14222 of Public Law 110–246: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 
salaries or expenses of any employee of the Department 
of Agriculture or officer of the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion to carry out clause 3 of section 32 of the Agricultural 
Adjustment Act of 1935 (Public Law 74–320, 7 U.S.C. 
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612c, as amended), or for any surplus removal activities 
or price support activities under section 5 of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation Charter Act: Provided further, 
That of the available unobligated balances under 
(b)(2)(A)(vii) of section 14222 of Public Law 110–246, 
$203,000,000 are rescinded. 
SEC. 719. None of the funds appropriated by this or 
any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex-
penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 
language as part of the President’s budget submission to 
the Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the 
Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction 
from the previous year due to user fees proposals that 
have not been enacted into law prior to the submission 
of the budget unless such budget submission identifies 
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 2016 appropriations Act. 
SEC. 720. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 
or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 
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any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as au-
thorized by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture, through use of the authority provided 
by section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Or-
ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public 
Law 89–106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 
(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 
(6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com-
modity Futures Trading Commission (as the case may be) 
notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance of 
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the reprogramming of such funds or the use of such au-
thority. 
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro-
vided 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 derived by the collection of 
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure for activities, pro-
grams, or projects through a reprogramming or use of the 
authorities referred to in subsection (a) involving funds 
in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 
that— 
(1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel which would result in a change 
in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap-
proved by Congress; unless the Secretary of Agri-
culture, the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission (as the case may be) notifies, 
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in writing, the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance 
of the reprogramming or transfer of such funds or 
the use of such authority. 
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com-
modity Futures Trading Commission shall notify in writ-
ing the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress before implementing any program or activity not 
carried out during the previous fiscal year unless the pro-
gram or activity is funded by this Act or specifically fund-
ed by any other Act. 
(d) As described in this section, no funds may be used 
for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services or the Chairman 
of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission receives 
from the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress written or electronic mail confirmation of receipt 
of the notification as required in this section. 
SEC. 721. Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for 
any guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount 
that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal 
portion of the loan. 
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SEC. 722. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the Department of Agriculture, the 
Food and Drug Administration, the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission, or the Farm Credit Administration 
shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available to 
any non-Department of Agriculture, non-Department of 
Health and Human Services, non-Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission, or non-Farm Credit Administration 
employee questions or responses to questions that are a 
result of information requested for the appropriations 
hearing process. 
SEC. 723. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 
law, none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used 
by an executive branch agency to produce any pre-
packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 
in the United States unless the story includes a clear noti-
fication within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 
story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 
funded by that executive branch agency. 
SEC. 724. 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 
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and made a determination that this further action is not 
necessary to protect the interests of the Government. 
SEC. 736. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 
of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 
grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor-
poration that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has 
been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative 
remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that 
is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agree-
ment with the authority responsible for collecting the tax 
liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid 
tax liability, unless a Federal agency has considered sus-
pension or debarment of the corporation and made a de-
termination that this further action is not necessary to 
protect the interests of the Government. 
SEC. 737. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 
to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 
section 307(b) of division C of the Omnibus Consolidated 
and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 
(Public Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–640) in excess of 
$4,000,000. 
SEC. 738. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to exclude or restrict the eligibility of 
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