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. 717. 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-
tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi-
tively awarded grants. 
SEC. 718. 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). 
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SEC. 719. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to write, prepare, or publish 
a final rule or an interim final rule in furtherance of, or 
otherwise to implement, ‘‘Implementation of Regulations 
Required Under Title XI, of the Food, Conservation and 
Energy Act of 2008; Conduct in Violation of the Act’’ (75 
Fed. Reg. 35338 (June 22, 2010)) unless the combined 
annual cost to the economy of such rules does not exceed 
$100,000,000 or such rules have already been published 
in compliance with Section 721 of the Consolidated and 
Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012, Public Law 
112-55: Provided, That no funds made available by this 
or any other Act be used to publish a final or interim final 
rule in furtherance of, or otherwise to implement, pro-
posed sections 201.2(l), 201.2(t), 201.2(u), 201.3(c), 
201.210, 201.211, 201.213, or 201.214 of ‘‘Implementa-
tion of Regulations Required Under Title XI of the Food, 
Conservation and Energy Act of 2008; Conduct in Viola-
tion of the Act’’ (75 Fed. Reg. 35338 (June 22, 2010)): 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
by this or any other Act may be used to implement such 
rules until 60 days from the publication date of such rules: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
by this Act may be used to enforce or to take regulatory 
action based on or in furtherance of sections 201.2(n), 
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201.2(o), 201.3(a), or 201.215(a), of Title 9 of the Code 
of Federal Regulations, as they exist at the time this Act 
is passed, or to write, prepare, or publish a final or interim 
final rule in furtherance of, or otherwise to implement, the 
definitions or criteria embodied in these sections: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall, within 60 
days, rescind sections 201.2(n), 201.2(o), 201.3(a), or 
201.215(a), of Title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations.. 
SEC. 720. Of the unobligated balances provided pur-
suant to section 16(h)(1)(A) of the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008, $11,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 721. 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 Conservation Stewardship Program au-
thorized by sections 1238D–1238G of the Food Se-
curity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838d–3838g) in ex-
cess of $1,025,000,000; 
(2) The Watershed Rehabilitation program au-
thorized by section 14(h) of the Watershed Protec-
tion and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)); 
(3) 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– 
3839aa–8) in excess of $1,400,000,000; 
(4) The Farmland Protection Program as au-
thorized by section 1238I of the Food Security Act 
of 
1985 
(16 
U.S.C. 
3838i) 
in 
excess 
of 
$150,000,000; 
(5) The Grassland Reserve Program as author-
ized by sections 1238O–1238Q of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838o–3838q) in excess of 
23,000 acres in fiscal year 2013; 
(6) The Wetlands Reserve Program authorized 
by sections 1237–1237F of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837–3837f) to enroll in excess of 
163,250 acres in fiscal year 2013; 
(7) The Wildlife Habitat Incentives Act author-
ized by section 1240N of the Food Security Act of 
1985 
(16 
U.S.C. 
3839bb–1)) 
in 
excess 
of 
$45,000,000; 
(8) The Bioenergy Program for Advanced 
Biofuels authorized by section 9005 of the Farm Se-
curity and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 
8105) in excess of $55,000,000; 
(9) Agricultural Management Assistance Pro-
gram as authorized by section 524 of the Federal 
Crop Insurance Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1524) in 
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excess of $2,500,000 for the Natural Resources Con-
servation Service; 
SEC. 722. 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 
a program under subsection (b)(2)(A)(v) of section 14222 
of Public Law 110–246 in excess of $951,000,000, as fol-
lows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement Commod-
ities—$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 as amended by section 4304 of Public Law 
110–246 in excess of $41,000,000, including the transfer 
of funds under subsection (c) of section 14222 of Public 
Law 110–246, until October 1, 2013: Provided further, 
That $117,000,000 made available on October 1, 2013, 
to carry out section 19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act as amended by section 4304 
of Public Law 110–246 shall be excluded from the limita-
tion described in subsection (b)(2)(A)(vi) of section 14222 
of Public Law 110–246: Provided further, That none of 
the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
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or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries or ex-
penses of any employee of the Department of Agriculture 
or officer of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry 
out clause 3 of section 32 of the Agricultural Adjustment 
Act of 1935 (Public Law 74–320, 7 U.S.C. 612c, as 
amended), or for any surplus removal activities or price 
support activities under section 5 of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation Charter Act: Provided further, That of the 
available unobligated balances under (b)(2)(A)(v) of sec-
tion 14222 of Public Law 110–246, $180,000,000 are 
hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 723. 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 of the United States for programs under the 
jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agri-
culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or re-
flects 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 
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prior to the date of the convening of a committee of con-
ference for the fiscal year 2014 appropriations Act. 
SEC. 724. (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 
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, transfer of funds, or reim-
bursements as authorized by the Economy Act, or in the 
case of the Department of Agriculture, through use of the 
authority provided by section 702(b) of the Department 
of Agriculture Organic 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; 
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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 
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 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 
for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogram-
ming 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 
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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, 
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. 
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SEC. 725. 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. 
SEC. 726. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the Department of Agriculture or 
the Food and Drug Administration shall be used to trans-
mit or otherwise make available 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 appropria-
tions hearing process. 
SEC. 727. 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. 728. 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 
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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. 729. 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 was convicted (or had an officer or agent 
of such corporation acting on behalf of the corporation 
convicted) of a felony criminal violation under any Federal 
or State law within the preceding 24 months, where the 
awarding agency is aware of the conviction, unless the 
agency has considered suspension or debarment of the cor-
poration, or such officer or agent, and made a determina-
tion that this further action is not necessary to protect 
the interests of the Government. 
SEC. 730. 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 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-
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