Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended 
in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008: Provided further, That this appropriation 
shall be subject to any work registration or workfare re-
quirements as may be required by law: Provided further, 
That funds made available for Employment and Training 
under this heading shall remain available until expended, 
as authorized by section 16(h)(1) of the Food and Nutri-
tion Act of 2008: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able under this heading may be used to enter into con-
tracts and employ staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or 
to conduct activities related to program integrity provided 
that such activities are authorized by the Food and Nutri-
tion Act of 2008. 
COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist-
ance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as 
authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con-
sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 
Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist-
ance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by sec-
tion 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amend-
ments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farm-
ers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 
17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $230,800,000, 
to remain available through September 30, 2010: Pro-
vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim-
burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 
donated to the program: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, effective with funds 
made available in fiscal year 2009 to support the Seniors 
Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 
section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available through 
September 30, 2010: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutri-
tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may 
use up to 10 percent for costs associated with the distribu-
tion of commodities. 
NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Food 
and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutri-
tion assistance program, $142,595,000. 
TITLE V 
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED 
PROGRAMS 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 
Service, including not to exceed $158,000 for representa-
tion allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of
the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 
$165,436,000: Provided, That the Service may utilize ad-
vances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation for ex-
penditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and 
private organizations and institutions under agreements 
executed pursuant to the agricultural food production as-
sistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assist-
ance programs of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development: Provided further, That funds made 
available for the cost of agreements under title I of the 
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 
1954 and for title I ocean freight differential may be used 
interchangeably between the two accounts with prior no-
tice to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress. 
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD FOR 
PROGRESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the credit 
program of title I, Public Law 83–480 and the Food for 
Progress Act of 1985, $2,736,000, to be transferred to 
and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service 
Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE II GRANTS 
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth-
erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in-
cluding interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act, 
for commodities supplied in connection with dispositions 
abroad under title II of said Act, $1,225,900,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the Com-
modity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program, 
GSM 102 and GSM 103, $5,333,000; to cover common 
overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity 
with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which 
$4,985,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries 
and Expenses’’, and of which $348,000 shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm 
Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
MC GOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION 
AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $100,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Com-
modity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the 
services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of im-
plementing such section, subject to reimbursement from 
amounts provided herein. 
TITLE VI 
RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG 
ADMINISTRATION 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 
costs pursuant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and 
activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 
included in this Act; for rental of special purpose space 
in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; for miscellaneous 
and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, author-
ized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted 
for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed 
$25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of Public Law 
107–188; $2,622,267,000, of which $7,641,000 shall be 
for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the final 
paragraph under ‘‘Food and Drug Administration, Sala-
ries and Expenses’’ in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this
consolidated Act): Provided, That of the amount provided 
under this heading, $510,665,000 shall be derived from 
prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h 
shall be credited to this account and remain available until 
expended, and shall not include any fees pursuant to 21 
U.S.C. 379h(a)(2) and (a)(3) assessed for fiscal year 2010 
but collected in fiscal year 2009; $52,547,000 shall be de-
rived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 
U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this account and re-
main available until expended; $15,260,000 shall be de-
rived from animal drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
379j, and shall be credited to this account and remain 
available until expended; and $4,831,000 shall be derived 
from animal generic drug user fees authorized by 21 
U.S.C. 379f, and shall be credited to this account and 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That fees derived from prescription drug, medical device, 
animal drug, and animal generic drug assessments for fis-
cal year 2009 received during fiscal year 2009, including 
any such fees assessed prior to fiscal year 2009 but cred-
ited for fiscal year 2009, shall be subject to the fiscal year 
2009 limitations: Provided further, That none of these 
funds shall be used to develop, establish, or operate any 
program of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount appropriated: (1)
grams; the Office of Operations; and central services for 
these offices: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available under this heading shall be used to trans-
fer funds under section 770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379dd): Provided further, 
That funds may be transferred from one specified activity 
to another with the prior approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 
42 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized 
by 21 U.S.C. 381, and priority review user fees authorized 
by 21 U.S.C. 360n may be credited to this account, to 
remain available until expended. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten-
sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili-
ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, 
where not otherwise provided, $12,433,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCY 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $49,000,000 (from assessments col-
lected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal 
Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 
during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses
as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this 
limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re-
ceiverships. 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, 
appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart-
ment 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 Serv-
ice, Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure 
System; Farm Service Agency, salaries and expenses 
funds made available to county committees; Foreign Agri-
cultural Service, middle-income country training program, 
and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service 
appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctua-
tions 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 management mod-
ernization 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 ad-
ministrator: 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 De-
partment’s National Finance Center without prior ap-
proval 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 institu-
tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 
the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar-
rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 
between the two parties. This does not preclude appro-
priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 
with such institutions when such indirect costs are com-
puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro-
priations are provided in this Act. 
SEC. 706. Appropriations to the Department of Agri-
culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 
available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 
until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 
fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop-
ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica-
tion 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 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. 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 Poul-
try Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471). 
SEC. 709. No employee of the Department of Agri-
culture 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 indi-
vidual’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 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. 711. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac-
quire new information technology systems or significant 
upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor-
mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa-
tion 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 transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa-
tion 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 Depart-
ment of Agriculture for information technology shall be 
obligated for projects over $25,000 prior to receipt of writ-
ten 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 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 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 
(6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in advance 
of such reprogramming of funds. 
(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 of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, which- 
ever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs, 
projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding 
for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers 
of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or
(3) results from any general savings from a reduction in 
personnel which would result in a change in existing pro-
grams, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; un-
less the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such re-
programming of funds. 
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress before im-
plementing a program or activity not carried out during 
the previous fiscal year unless the program or activity is 
funded by this Act or specifically funded by any other Act. 
SEC. 713. 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
prior to the date of the convening of a committee of con-
ference for the fiscal year 2010 appropriations Act. 
SEC. 714. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to close or relocate a Rural 
Development office unless or until the Secretary of Agri-
culture determines the cost effectiveness and/or enhance-
ment of program delivery: Provided, That not later than 
120 days before the date of the proposed closure or reloca-
tion, the Secretary notifies the Committees on Appropria-
tion of the House and Senate, and the members of Con-
gress from the State in which the office is located of the 
proposed closure or relocation and provides a report that 
describes the justifications for such closures and reloca-
tions. 
SEC. 715. None of the funds made available to the 
Food and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used 
to close or relocate, or to plan to close or relocate, the 
Food and Drug Administration Division of Pharma-
ceutical Analysis in St. Louis, Missouri, outside the city 
or county limits of St. Louis, Missouri. 
SEC. 716. There is hereby appropriated $434,000, to 
remain available until expended, for the Denali Commis-
sion to address deficiencies in solid waste disposal sites 
which threaten to contaminate rural drinking water sup-
plies.
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 
an environmental quality incentives program authorized 
by chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa, et seq.) in excess of 
$1,067,000,000. 
SEC. 718. None of the funds made available in fiscal 
year 2009 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. 719. No funds shall be used to pay salaries and 
expenses of the Department of Agriculture to carry out 
or administer the program authorized by section 14(h)(1) 
of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 
U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)). 
SEC. 720. Funds made available under section 1240I 
and section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 and
section 524(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
U.S.C. 1524(b)) in the current fiscal year shall remain 
available until expended to disburse obligations made in 
the current fiscal year. 
SEC. 721. 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. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any former RUS borrower that has repaid or prepaid 
an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural 
Electrification Act, or any not-for-profit utility that is eli-
gible to receive an insured or direct loan under such Act, 
shall be eligible for assistance under section 313(b)(2)(B) 
of such Act in the same manner as a borrower under such 
Act. 
SEC. 723. 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)(i) of section 14222 
of Public Law 110–246 in excess of $1,071,530,000: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds made available in this Act 
or any other Act shall be used for salaries and expenses 
to carry out section 19(i)(1)(B) of the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act as amended by section 4304 
of Public Law 110–246 in excess of $16,000,000 until Oc-
tober 1, 2009: Provided further, of the unobligated bal-
ances under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, 
$293,530,000 are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 724. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make 
funding and other assistance available through the emer-
gency watershed protection program under section 403 of 
the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203) to 
repair and prevent damage to non-Federal land in water-
sheds that have been impaired by fires initiated by the 
Federal Government and shall waive cost sharing require-
ments for the funding and assistance. 
SEC. 725. There is hereby appropriated $3,497,000, 
to remain available until expended, for a grant to the Na-
tional Center for Natural Products Research for construc-
tion or renovation to carry out the research objectives of 
the natural products research grant issued by the Food 
and Drug Administration. 
SEC. 726. There is hereby appropriated $469,000, to 
remain available until expended, for the planning and de-
sign of construction of an agriculture pest facility in the 
State of Hawaii. 
SEC. 727. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to establish or implement a rule allowing 
poultry products to be imported into the United States 
from the People’s Republic of China. 
SEC. 728. There is hereby appropriated $794,000 to 
the Farm Service Agency to carry out a pilot program to 
demonstrate the use of new technologies that increase the 
rate of growth of re-forested hardwood trees on private 
non-industrial forests lands, enrolling lands on the coast 
of the Gulf of Mexico that were damaged by Hurricane 
Katrina in 2005. 
SEC. 729. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Agriculture in this Act may be used to im-
plement the risk-based inspection program in the 30 pro-
totype locations announced on February 22, 2007, by the 
Under Secretary for Food Safety, or at any other loca-
tions, until the USDA Office of Inspector General has pro-
vided its findings to the Food Safety and Inspection Serv-
ice and the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate on the data used in sup-
port of the development and design of the risk-based in-
spection program and FSIS has addressed and resolved 
issues identified by OIG.
(5) through the Watershed and Flood Preven-
tion Operations program to carry out the Dunloup 
Creek Watershed Project in Fayette and Raleigh 
Counties, West Virginia; 
(6) through the Watershed and Flood Preven-
tion Operations program to carry out the Alameda 
Creek Watershed Project in Alameda County, Cali-
fornia; 
(7) through the Watershed and Flood Preven-
tion Operations program to carry out the Colgan 
Creek Restoration project in Sonoma County, Cali-
fornia; 
(8) through the Watershed and Flood Preven-
tion Operations program to carry out the Hurricane 
Katrina-Related Watershed Restoration project in 
Jackson County, Mississippi; 
(9) through the Watershed and Flood Preven-
tion Operations program to carry out the Lake 
George Watershed Protection project in Warren 
County, New York; and 
(10) through the Watershed and Flood Preven-
tion Operations program to carry out the Pidcock- 
Mill Creeks Watershed project in Bucks County, 
Pennsylvania.
SEC. 735. Section 17(r)(5) of the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(r)(5)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘eight’’ and inserting ‘‘ten’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘six’’ and inserting ‘‘eight’’; and 
(3) by inserting ‘‘Vermont, Maryland,’’ after 
the first instance of ‘‘States shall be’’. 
SEC. 736. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, for the purposes of a grant under section 412 of the 
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform 
Act of 1998, none of the funds in this or any other Act 
may be used to prohibit the provision of in-kind support 
from non-Federal sources under section 412(e)(3) in the 
form of unrecovered indirect costs not otherwise charged 
against the grant, consistent with the indirect rate of cost 
approved for a recipient. 
SEC. 737. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of any 
individual to conduct any activities that would allow the 
importation into the United States of any ruminant or 
swine, or any fresh (including chilled or frozen) meat or 
product of any ruminant or swine, that is born, raised, 
or slaughtered in Argentina: Provided, That this section 
shall not prevent the Secretary from conducting all nec-
essary activities to review this proposal and issue a report
on the findings to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House and Senate: Provided further, That this section 
shall only have effect until the Secretary of Agriculture 
has reviewed the domestic animal health aspects of the 
pending proposal to allow the importation of such products 
into the United States and has issued a report to the Com-
mittees on the findings of such review. 
SEC. 738. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law, unobligated balances remaining available at the 
end of the fiscal year from appropriations made available 
for salaries and expenses in this Act for the Farm Service 
Agency and the Rural Development mission area, shall re-
main available through September 30, 2010, for informa-
tion technology expenses. 
SEC. 739. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per-
sonnel to— 
(1) inspect horses under section 3 of the Fed-
eral Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 
(2) inspect horses under section 903 of the 
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 
1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 
(3) implement or enforce section 352.19 of title 
9, Code of Federal Regulations.
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009’’. 
DIVISION B—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, 
AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2009 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for international trade activi-
ties of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 
and for engaging in trade promotional activities abroad, 
including expenses of grants and cooperative agreements 
for the purpose of promoting exports of United States 
firms, without regard to 44 U.S.C. 3702 and 3703; full 
medical coverage for dependent members of immediate 
families of employees stationed overseas and employees 
temporarily posted overseas; travel and transportation of 
employees of the International Trade Administration be-
tween two points abroad, without regard to 49 U.S.C. 
40118; employment of Americans and aliens by contract 
for services; rental of space abroad for periods not exceed-
ing 10 years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or im-
provement; purchase or construction of temporary de-
mountable exhibition structures for use abroad; payment 
of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first para-
graph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such claims arise in foreign 
countries; not to exceed $327,000 for official representa-
tion expenses abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehi-
cles for official use abroad, not to exceed $45,000 per vehi-
cle; obtaining insurance on official motor vehicles; and 
rental of tie lines, $429,870,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2010, of which $9,439,000 is to be derived 
from fees to be retained and used by the International 
Trade Administration, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302: 
Provided, That not less than $48,592,000 shall be for 
Manufacturing and Services; not less than $42,332,000 
shall be for Market Access and Compliance; not less than 
$66,357,000 shall be for the Import Administration of 
which $5,900,000 shall be for the Office of China Compli-
ance; not less than $237,739,000 shall be for the United 
States and Foreign Commercial Service; and not less than 
$25,411,000 shall be for Executive Direction and Admin-
istration: Provided further, That the provisions of the first 
sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the 
Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying 
out these activities without regard to section 5412 of the 
Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15
U.S.C. 4912); and that for the purpose of this Act, con-
tributions under the provisions of the Mutual Educational 
and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall include payment 
for assessments for services provided as part of these ac-
tivities: Provided further, That the International Trade 
Administration shall be exempt from the requirements of 
Circular A–25 (or any successor administrative regulation 
or policy) issued by the Office of Management and Budg-
et: Provided further, That negotiations shall be conducted 
within the World Trade Organization to recognize the 
right of members to distribute monies collected from anti-
dumping and countervailing duties: Provided further, That 
negotiations shall be conducted within the World Trade 
Organization consistent with the negotiating objectives 
contained in the Trade Act of 2002, Public Law 107–210: 
Provided further, That within the amounts appropriated, 
$4,400,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the 
amounts, specified in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act). 
BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for export administration and 
national security activities of the Department of Com-
merce, including costs associated with the performance of
export administration field activities both domestically and 
abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of 
immediate families of employees stationed overseas; em-
ployment of Americans and aliens by contract for services 
abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized 
in the first paragraph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such claims 
arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $15,000 for offi-
cial representation expenses abroad; awards of compensa-
tion to informers under the Export Administration Act of 
1979, and as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 401(b); and pur-
chase of passenger motor vehicles for official use and 
motor vehicles for law enforcement use with special re-
quirement vehicles eligible for purchase without regard to 
any price limitation otherwise established by law, 
$83,676,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$14,767,000 shall be for inspections and other activities 
related to national security: Provided, That the provisions 
of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 
108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply 
in carrying out these activities: Provided further, That 
payments and contributions collected and accepted for ma-
terials or services provided as part of such activities may 
be retained for use in covering the cost of such activities, 
and for providing information to the public with respect
to the export administration and national security activi-
ties of the Department of Commerce and other export con-
trol programs of the United States and other govern-
ments. 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
For grants for economic development assistance as 
provided by the Public Works and Economic Development 
Act of 1965, and for trade adjustment assistance, 
$240,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the amounts provided, no more than 
$4,000,000 may be transferred to ‘‘Economic Develop-
ment Administration, Salaries and Expenses’’ to conduct 
management oversight and administration of public works 
grants. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administering the eco-
nomic development assistance programs as provided for by 
law, $32,800,000: Provided, That these funds may be used 
to monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the 
Public Works Employment Act of 1976, title II of the 
Trade Act of 1974, and the Community Emergency 
Drought Relief Act of 1977.
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Com-
merce in fostering, promoting, and developing minority 
business enterprise, including expenses of grants, con-
tracts, and other agreements with public or private organi-
zations, $29,825,000: Provided, That within the amounts 
appropriated, $825,000 shall be used for the projects, and 
in the amounts, specified in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 
of this consolidated Act). 
ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco-
nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department 
of Commerce, $90,621,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010. 
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, ana-
lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for 
by law, $233,588,000. 
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses to collect and publish statis-
tics for periodic censuses and programs provided for by 
law, $2,906,262,000, to remain available until September
30, 2010: Provided, That none of the funds provided in 
this or any other Act for any fiscal year may be used for 
the collection of census data on race identification that 
does not include ‘‘some other race’’ as a category: Pro-
vided further, That from amounts provided herein, funds 
may be used for additional promotion, outreach, and mar-
keting activities: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available in this Act shall be used for the conduct 
of sweepstakes in the 2010 Decennial Census. 
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of 
the National Telecommunications and Information Ad-
ministration (NTIA), $19,218,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2010: Provided, That, notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce 
shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spec-
trum management, analysis, operations, and related serv-
ices, and such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting 
collections for costs of such spectrum services, to remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as off-
setting collections all funds transferred, or previously 
transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $25,800,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. During the current fiscal year, applicable 
appropriations and funds made available to the Depart-
ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 
activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 
U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed 
by the Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may 
be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized 
only upon the certification of officials designated by the 
Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the 
public interest. 
SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 
this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for 
hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 
U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 
by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 
SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De-