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porter program fees authorized by section 743 of the Fed-
eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Public Law 75–717), 
as amended by the Food Safety Modernization Act (Public 
Law 111–353), and shall be credited to this account and 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
fees derived from prescription drug, medical device, animal 
drug, animal generic drug, and tobacco product assess-
ments for fiscal year 2012 received during fiscal year 
2012, including any such fees assessed prior to fiscal year 
2012 but credited for fiscal year 2012, shall be subject 
to the fiscal year 2012 limitations: Provided further, That 
in addition and notwithstanding any other provision under 
this heading, amounts collected for prescription drug user 
fees that exceed the fiscal year 2012 limitation are appro-
priated and shall be credited to this account and remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That of the 
total amount appropriated: (1) $799,820,000 shall be for 
the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and re-
lated field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; 
(2) $1,031,205,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Eval-
uation and Research and related field activities in the Of-
fice of Regulatory Affairs; (3) $327,651,000 shall be for 
the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for 
related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; 
(4) $157,874,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary 
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Medicine and for related field activities in the Office of 
Regulatory Affairs; (5) $321,171,000 shall be for the Cen-
ter for Devices and Radiological Health and for related 
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) 
$51,461,000 shall be for the National Center for Toxi-
cological Research; (7) $454,751,000 shall be for the Cen-
ter for Tobacco Products and for related field activities 
in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8) not to exceed 
$124,273,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, of 
which $37,073,000 is for White Oak Consolidation, other 
than the amounts paid to the General Services Adminis-
tration for rent; (9) not to exceed $177,130,000 shall be 
for payments to the General Services Administration for 
rent; and (10) $208,812,000 shall be for other activities, 
including the Office of the Commissioner; the Office of 
Foods; the Office of the Chief Scientist; the Office of Pol-
icy, Planning and Budget; the Office of International Pro-
grams; the Office of Administration; and central services 
for these offices: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$25,000 of this amount shall be for official reception and 
representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as de-
termined by the Commissioner: Provided further, That 
funds may be transferred from one specified activity to 
another with the prior approval of the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress. 
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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, $8,788,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in-
cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
and the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) 
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $171,930,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2013, including 
not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the expenses 
for consultations and meetings hosted by the Commission 
with foreign governmental and other regulatory officials. 
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FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $62,000,000 (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 CANCELLATIONS, RECISSIONS 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 461 passenger 
motor vehicles, of which 456 shall be for replacement only, 
and for the hire of such vehicles. 
SEC. 702. 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 
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equipment necessary for 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 notification to 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 
notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress: Provided further, That of annual in-
come amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the De-
partment of Agriculture allocated for the National Fi-
nance Center, the Secretary may reserve not more than 
4 percent for the replacement or acquisition of capital 
equipment, including equipment for the improvement and 
implementation of a financial management plan, informa-
tion technology, and other systems of the National Fi-
nance Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary cost 
of the National Finance Center: Provided further, That 
none of the amounts reserved shall be available for obliga-
tion unless the Secretary submits notification of the obli-
gation to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 
the limitation on the obligation of funds pending notifica-
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tion to Congressional Committees shall not apply to any 
obligation that, as determined by the Secretary, is nec-
essary to respond to a declared state of emergency that 
significantly impacts the operations of the National Fi-
nance Center; or to evacuate employees of the National 
Finance Center to a safe haven to continue operations of 
the National Finance Center. 
SEC. 703. 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. 704. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 
used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 
agreements or similar arrangements between the Depart-
ment 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 in-
direct costs on grants and contracts with such institutions 
when such indirect costs are computed on a similar basis 
for all agencies for which appropriations are provided in 
this Act. 
SEC. 705. 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 
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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. 706. 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. 707. 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 unless prior notification has been transmitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress: Provided further, That none of the funds avail-
able to the Department of Agriculture for information 
technology shall be obligated for projects over $25,000 
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prior to receipt of written approval by the Chief Informa-
tion Officer. 
SEC. 708. 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. 709. 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 of 1936, or any not-for-profit utility 
that is eligible 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 bor-
rower under such Act. 
SEC. 710. 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) of such 
Act in the form of unrecovered indirect costs not otherwise 
charged against the grant, consistent with the indirect 
rate of cost approved for a recipient. 
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SEC. 711. 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, 2013, for informa-
tion technology expenses. 
SEC. 712. 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. 713. 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. 714. In the case of each program established 
or amended by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act 
of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), other than by title I or 
subtitle A of title III of such 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-
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nical assistance, associated with the implementation 
of the program, without regard to the limitation on 
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. 715. In carrying out subsection (h) of section 
502 of the Housing Act of 1949, the Secretary may use 
the authority described in subsections (h) and (j) of sec-
tion 538 of such Act. 
SEC. 716. Clause (ii) of section 524(b)(4)(B) of the 
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)(4)(B)) is 
amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘fiscal years 
2008 through 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘certain fiscal 
years’’; and 
(2) in the text, by striking ‘‘2012’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘2014’’. 
SEC. 717. Appropriations to the Department of Agri-
culture made available in fiscal years 2005, 2006, and 
2007 to carry out section 601 of the Rural Electrification 
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Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb) for the cost of direct loans 
shall remain available until expended to disburse valid ob-
ligations made in fiscal years 2005, 2006, 2007, and 
2008. 
SEC. 718. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act 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)(iv) of sec-
tion 14222 of Public Law 110–246 in excess of 
$948,000,000, as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Enti-
tlement Commodities – $465,000,000; State Option Con-
tract – $5,000,000; Removal of Defective Commodities – 
$2,500,000; Disaster Relief – $5,000,000; Additional 
Fruits, Vegetables, and Nuts Purchases –$206,000,000; 
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program – $20,000,000; Esti-
mated Future Needs – $196,713,000; and, Administrative 
Funds – $47,787,000: Provided, 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)(E) 
of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act as 
amended by section 4304 of Public Law 110–246 in excess 
of $20,000,000, including the transfer of funds under sub-
section (c) of section 14222 of Public Law 110–246, until 
October 1, 2012: Provided further, That $133,000,000 
made available on October 1, 2012, to carry out section 
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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 limitation described 
in subsection (b)(2)(A)(v) of section 14222 of Public Law 
110–246: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available 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 Corporation to carry out clause (3) 
of section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 
612c), or for any surplus removal activities or price sup-
port activities under section 5 of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation Charter Act: Provided further, That of the 
available unobligated balances under (b)(2)(A)(iv) of sec-
tion 14222 of Public Law 110–246, $150,000,000 are 
hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 719. 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. 720. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to pay indirect costs charged against any agricultural 
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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. 721. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to write, prepare, develop, 
or publish a final rule or an interim final rule in further-
ance of, or otherwise to implement, the proposed rule enti-
tled ‘‘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)). 
SEC. 722. The unobligated balances available for the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service, Forestry Incen-
tives Program, as identified by Treasury Appropriation 
Fund Symbol 12X3336, $5,500,000 are rescinded, and 
the unobligated balances available for the Natural Re-
sources Conservation Service, Great Plains Conservation 
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Program, as identified by Treasury Appropriation Fund 
Symbol 12X2268, $500,000 are rescinded. 
SEC. 723. Of the unobligated balances provided pur-
suant to section 16(h)(1)(A) of the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008, $11,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 724. Section 1238E(a) of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838e(a)) is amended by striking 
‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 
SEC. 725. (a) Section 1240B(a) of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(a)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 
(b) Section 1241(a)(6)(E) of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)(6)(E)) is amended by striking 
‘‘fiscal year 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 
2012 through 2014’’. 
SEC. 726. Section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘2012,’’ and inserting ‘‘2012 (and fiscal 
year 2014 in the case of the programs specified in 
paragraphs (3)(B), (4), (6), and (7)),’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4)(E), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 
2012’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 2012 
through 2014’’. 
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SEC. 727. Section 1241(a)(7)(D) of the Food Secu-
rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)(7)(D)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 
SEC. 728. 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 of Act 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838d–3838g) in ex-
cess of $634,000,000. 
(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 1241–1240H of the 
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 
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Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838o–3838q) in excess of 
209,000 acres in fiscal year 2012. 
(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 
185,800 acres in fiscal year 2012. 
(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 
$50,000,000. 
(8) The Voluntary Public Access and Habitat 
Incentives Program authorized by section 1240R of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb– 
5). 
(9) 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). 
(10) 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. 
(11) The Rural Energy for America Program 
authorized by section 9007 of the Farm Security 
and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107). 
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(12) The Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance 
Program authorized by section 6022 of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 
U.S.C. 2008s). 
(13) Section 508(d)(3) of the Federal Crop In-
surance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(d)(3)) to provide a per-
formance-based premium discount in the crop insur-
ance program. 
(14) Agricultural Management Assistance Pro-
gram as authorized by section 524 of the Federal 
Crop Insurance Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1524) in 
excess of $2,500,000 for the Natural Resources con-
servation Service. 
SEC. 729. The funds made available in Public Law 
111–344 through February 12, 2012 for trade adjustment 
for farmers are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 730. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the 
salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out the emer-
gency food assistance program authorized by section 27(a) 
of the Food and Nutrition Stamp Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2036(a)) if such program exceeds $200,000,000. 
SEC. 731. (a) CLOSURE AND CONVEYANCE OF AGRI-
CULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE FACILITIES.—The Sec-
retary of Agriculture may close up to 10 facilities of the 
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Agricultural Research Service, as proposed in the budget 
of the President for fiscal year 2012 submitted to Con-
gress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States 
Code. 
(b) CONVEYANCE AUTHORITY.—With respect to an 
Agricultural Research Service facility to be closed pursu-
ant to subsection (a), the Secretary of Agriculture may 
convey, with or without consideration, all right, title, and 
interest of the United States in and to any real property, 
including improvements and equipment thereon, of the fa-
cility 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 de-
fined in section 1404(13) of the National Agricul-
tural 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 
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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 re-
cipient 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 ag-
ricultural and natural resources research for a min-
imum of 25 years. 
SEC. 732. Section 9 of the Richard B. Russell Na-
tional 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 edu-
cational 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 pub-
lish guidance to schools and local educational 
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agencies participating in the school lunch pro-
gram under this Act to assist such schools and 
local educational agencies in donating food 
under this subsection. 
‘‘(B) UPDATES.—The Secretary shall up-
date such guidance as necessary. 
‘‘(3) LIABILITY.—Any school or local edu-
cational agency making donations pursuant to this 
subsection shall be exempt from civil and criminal li-
ability to the extent provided under the Bill Emer-
son 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. 733. Notwithstanding this Act or any other Act, 
of the unobligated balances available to the Department 
of Agriculture from prior appropriations, with the excep-
tion of Rural Development and Domestic Food Programs, 
$63,000,000 in appropriated discretionary funds are here-
by rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be re-
scinded from amounts that were designated by the Con-
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gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Con-
current Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 
SEC. 734. 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. 735. (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, or in the case of the 
Department of Agriculture, through use of the authority 
provided by section 702(b) of the Department of Agri-
culture 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; 
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(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 
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 
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(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, 
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 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 the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress be-
fore implementing any program or activity not carried out 
during the previous fiscal year unless the program or ac-
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tivity is funded by this Act or specifically funded by any 
other Act. 
SEC. 736. 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 2013 appropriations Act. 
SEC. 737. 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. 
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SEC. 738. 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 individ-
ual’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. 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. 
SEC. 740. 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. 
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SEC. 741. 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-
ment with the authority responsible for collecting the tax 
liability. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 742. The amount by which the applicable alloca-
tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec-
tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex-
ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0 
(increased by $2,390,000). 
SEC. 743. Each amount made available by titles I 
through VI (other than an amount required to be made 
available by a provision of law) is hereby reduced by 0.78 
percent. 
SEC. 744. None of the funds made available by this 
Act to the Food and Drug Administration may be used 
to approve any application submitted under section 512 
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of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
360b) for approval of genetically engineered salmon. 
SEC. 745. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to provide assistance under title II of 
the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) to the 
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea). 
SEC. 746. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of per-
sonnel who provide nonrecourse marketing assistance 
loans for mohair under section 1201 of the Food, Con-
servation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8731). 
SEC. 747. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Agriculture, the 
Food and Drug Administration, the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission, or any other Federal Agency receiv-
ing funds under this Act to lease or purchase new light 
duty vehicles, for any executive fleet, or for an agency’s 
fleet inventory, except in accordance with Presidential 
Memorandum-Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 
2011. 
SEC. 748. The amount otherwise provided by this Act 
for ‘‘Integrated Activities’’ is hereby increased by, and the 
amount otherwise provided by this Act for ‘‘National Insti-
tute of Food and Agriculture-research and education ac-
tivities’’ is hereby reduced (to be derived from amounts 
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for competitive grants (7 U.S.C. 22 450i(b))) by, 
$4,400,000, respectively. 
SEC. 749. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enforce section 526 of the Energy 
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110– 
140; 42 U.S.C. 17142). 
SEC. 750. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to support any Know Your Farmer, 
Know Your Food initiative of the Department of Agri-
culture. 
SEC. 751. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to provide payments (or to pay the sala-
ries and expenses of personnel to provide payments) to the 
Brazil Cotton Institute. 
SEC. 752. For the cost of broadband loans, as author-
ized by section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act of 
1936, to remain available until expended, there is hereby 
appropriated, and the amount otherwise provided by this 
Act for payments to the General Services Administration 
for rent under the heading ‘‘Agriculture Buildings and Fa-
cilities and Rental Payments’’ is hereby reduced by, 
$6,000,000. 
SEC. 753. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for mifepristone, commonly known as 
RU–486. 
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SEC. 754. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission to promulgate any final rules under para-
graph (13) or (14) of section 2(a) of the Commodity Ex-
change Act, as added by section 727 of the Dodd-Frank 
Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, until 
12 months after the promulgation of final swap trans-
action reporting rules under section 21 of the Commodity 
Exchange Act. 
SEC. 755. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement the Departmental Regula-
tion of the Department of Agriculture entitled ‘‘Policy 
Statement on Climate Change Adaptation’’ (Departmental 
Regulation 1070–001 (June 3, 2011)). 
SEC. 756. For preventive measures authorized under 
the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 
U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) and the Soil Conservation and Do-
mestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590a et seq.), including 
research, engineering operations, methods of cultivation, 
the growing of vegetation, rehabilitation of existing struc-
tures, and changes in use of land, there is hereby appro-
priated, and the amount otherwise provided by this Act 
for ‘‘Agricultural Programs—Agriculture Buildings and 
Facilities 
and 
Rental 
Payments’’ 
is 
reduced 
by, 
$3,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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SEC. 757. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the construction of an ethanol blender 
pump or an ethanol storage facility. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 16, 2011. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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