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SEC. 732. (a) CLOSURE
AND CONVEYANCE
OF AGRICULTURAL 
RESEARCH SERVICE FACILITIES.—The Secretary of Agriculture may 
close up to 10 facilities of the Agricultural Research Service, as 
proposed in the budget of the President for fiscal year 2012 sub-
mitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United 
States Code. 
(b) CONVEYANCE AUTHORITY.—With respect to an Agricultural 
Research Service facility to be closed pursuant to subsection (a), 
the Secretary of Agriculture may convey, with or without consider-
ation, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and 
to any real property, including improvements and equipment 
thereon, of the facility to an eligible entity specified in subsection 
(c). If the Agricultural Research Service facility consists of more 
than one parcel of real property, the Secretary may convey each 
parcel separately and to different eligible entities. 
(c) ENTITIES.—The following entities are eligible to receive real 
property under subsection (b): 
(1) Land-grant colleges and universities (as defined in sec-
tion 1404(13) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, 
and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103(13)). 
(2) 1994 Institutions (as defined in section 532 of the Equity 
in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 
note; Public Law 103–382)). 
(3) Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities 
(as defined in section 1404(10) of the National Agricultural 
Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
3103(10)). 
(d) CONDITIONS ON RECEIPT.—As a condition of the conveyance 
of real property under subsection (b), the recipient of the property 
must— 
(1) be located in the same State or territory of the United 
States in which the property is located; and 
(2) agree to accept and use the property for agricultural 
and natural resources research for a minimum of 25 years. 
SEC. 733. 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. 734. Section 9 of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(l) FOOD DONATION PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each school and local educational agency 
participating in the school lunch program under this Act may 
donate any food not consumed under such program to eligible 
local food banks or charitable organizations. 
‘‘(2) GUIDANCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary 
shall develop and publish guidance to schools and local 
educational agencies participating in the school lunch pro-
gram under this Act to assist such schools and local edu-
cational agencies in donating food under this subsection.
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‘‘(B) UPDATES.—The Secretary shall update such guid-
ance as necessary. 
‘‘(3) LIABILITY.—Any school or local educational agency 
making donations pursuant to this subsection shall be exempt 
from civil and criminal liability to the extent provided under 
the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act (42 U.S.C. 
1791). 
‘‘(4) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term ‘eligible local 
food banks or charitable organizations’ means any food bank 
or charitable organization which is exempt from tax under 
section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 
U.S.C. 501(c)(3)).’’. 
SEC. 735. There is hereby appropriated for the ‘‘Emergency 
Conservation Program’’, for necessary expenses resulting from a 
major disaster declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), 
$122,700,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
the preceding amount is designated by the Congress as being for 
disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided fur-
ther, That there is hereby appropriated for the ‘‘Emergency Forest 
Restoration Program’’, for necessary expenses resulting from a 
major disaster declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), 
$28,400,000, to remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That the preceding amount is designated by the Congress as being 
for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided fur-
ther, That there is hereby appropriated for the ‘‘Emergency Water-
shed Protection Program’’, for necessary expenses resulting from 
a major disaster declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 
seq.), $215,900,000, to remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That the preceding amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 736. 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 prepackaged news story intended 
for broadcast or distribution in the United States unless the story 
includes a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre-
packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was prepared 
or funded by that executive branch agency. 
SEC. 737. No employee of the Department of Agriculture 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 reimbursed by the receiving agency or office for 
the salary and expenses of the employee for the period of assign-
ment. 
SEC. 738. 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 corporation 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
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awarding agency is aware of the conviction, unless the agency 
has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation, or such 
officer or agent, and made a determination that this further action 
is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. 
SEC. 739. 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 corporation 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 agreement 
with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, where 
the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless 
the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corpora-
tion and made a determination that this further action is not 
necessary to protect the interests of the Government. 
SEC. 740. Unobligated balances not to exceed $31,000,000 for 
the ‘‘Emergency Watershed Protection Program’’ provided in Public 
Law 108–199, Public Law 109–234, and Public Law 110–28 shall 
be available for the purposes of such program for disasters occurring 
in 2011, and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 
the amounts made available by this section are designated by 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–177), as amended. 
SEC. 741. Funds made available by this Act under title II 
of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be 
used to provide assistance to recipient nations if adequate moni-
toring and controls, as determined by the Administrator of the 
U.S. Agency for International Development, are in place to ensure 
that emergency food aid is received by the intended beneficiaries 
in areas affected by food shortages and not diverted for unauthor-
ized or inappropriate purposes. 
SEC. 742. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel who provide 
nonrecourse marketing assistance loans for mohair under section 
1201 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
8731). 
SEC. 743. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to implement an interim final or final rule regarding 
nutrition programs under the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and the Child Nutrition Act 
of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) that— 
(1) requires crediting of tomato paste and puree based 
on volume; 
(2) implements a sodium reduction target beyond Target 
I, the 2-year target, specified in Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 
‘‘Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and School 
Breakfast Programs’’ (FNS–2007–0038, RIN 0584–AD59) until 
the Secretary certifies that the Department has reviewed and 
evaluated relevant scientific studies and data relevant to the 
relationship of sodium reductions to human health; and 
(3) establishes any whole grain requirement without 
defining ‘‘whole grain.’’ 
SEC. 744. For fiscal year 2012, section 363 of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2006e) shall not apply 
to any project funded under the community facilities programs
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authorized under such Act if such project is also subject to approval 
of a permit issued under section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344). 
SEC. 745. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to provide direct payments 
under section 1103 or 1303 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy 
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8713, 8753) to any person or legal entity 
that has an average adjusted gross income (as defined in section 
1001D of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a)) in 
excess of $1,000,000. 
SEC. 746. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to implement an interim final or final rule that— 
(1) sets any maximum limits on the serving of vegetables 
in school meal programs established under the Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) 
and by section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1773); or 
(2) is inconsistent with the recommendations of the most 
recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans for vegetables. 
SEC. 747. For 2012 and subsequent fiscal years— 
(1) Any balances to carry out a housing demonstration 
program to provide revolving loans for the preservation of low- 
income multi-family housing projects as authorized in Public 
Law 108–447 and Public Law 109–97 and a demonstration 
program for the preservation and revitalization of the section 
515 multi-family rental housing properties as authorized by 
Public Law 109–97 and Public Law 110–5 shall be transferred 
to and merged with the ‘‘Rural Housing Service, Multi-family 
Housing Revitalization Program Account’’; 
(2) Any prior balances in the Rural Development, Rural 
Community Advancement Program account for programs 
authorized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) 
of such Act be transferred and merged with the ‘‘Rural Commu-
nity Facilities Program Account’’ and any other prior balances 
from the Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement 
Program account that the Secretary determines are appropriate 
to transfer; 
(3) Any prior balances in the Rural Development, Rural 
Community Advancement Program account for programs 
authorized by sections 306 and 310B and described in sections 
310B(f) and 381E(d)(3) of such Act be transferred and merged 
with the ‘‘Rural Business Program Account’’ and any other 
prior balances from the Rural Development, Rural Community 
Advancement Program account that the Secretary determines 
are appropriate to transfer; and 
(4) Any prior balances in the Rural Development, Rural 
Community Advancement Program account programs author-
ized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and 
described in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) 
of such Act be transferred to and merged with the ‘‘Rural 
Water and Waste Disposal Program Account’’ and any other 
prior balances from the Rural Development, Rural Community 
Advancement Program account that the Secretary determines 
are appropriate to transfer. 
SEC. 748. In addition to amounts otherwise made available 
by this Act, there is appropriated to implement the Water Bank 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1301–1311) $7,500,000, to remain available until