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of the Chief Scientist, 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 pro-
vided for, as determined by the Commissioner: 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, extension, alter-
ation, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of or used 
by the Food and Drug Administration, where not otherwise pro-
vided, $8,788,000, to remain available until expended. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Com-
modity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the purchase 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the rental of space (to 
include multiple year leases) in the District of Columbia and else-
where, $205,294,000, 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, and of which 
$55,000,000 shall remain available for information technology 
investments until September 30, 2014. 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $61,000,000 (from assessments collected from 
farm credit institutions, including the Federal Agricultural Mort-
gage 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 receiverships. 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, appropria-
tions and authorizations made for the Department 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 204 passenger motor vehicles of which 170 shall be 
for replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles: Provided,
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That notwithstanding this section, the only purchase of new pas-
senger vehicles shall be for those determined by the Secretary 
to be necessary for transportation safety, to reduce operational 
costs, and for the protection of life, property, and public safety. 
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 equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, 
administrative, and information technology services of primary ben-
efit 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 administrator: Provided further, 
That none of the funds transferred to the Working Capital Fund 
pursuant to this section shall be available for obligation without 
written notification to and 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 Department’s 
National Finance Center without written notification to and prior 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress as required by section 711 of this Act: Provided further, 
That of annual income amounts in the Working Capital Fund 
of the Department of Agriculture allocated for the National Finance 
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, information technology, and other systems of 
the National Finance Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraor-
dinary cost of the National Finance Center: Provided further, That 
none of the amounts reserved shall be available for obligation 
unless the Secretary submits written notification of the obligation 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate: Provided further, That the limitation on 
the obligation of funds pending notification to Congressional 
Committees shall not apply to any obligation that, as determined 
by the Secretary, is necessary to respond to a declared state of 
emergency that significantly impacts the operations of the National 
Finance 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 United States Department 
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 indirect costs on grants and contracts with such institu-
tions when such indirect costs are computed on a similar basis 
for all agencies for which appropriations are provided in this Act.
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SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture 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 Development Loan Fund program account, the 
Rural Electrification and Telecommunication Loans program 
account, and the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 
SEC. 706. Hereafter, 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 Poultry 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 acquire new information 
technology systems or significant upgrades, as determined by the 
Office of the Chief Information Officer, without the approval of 
the Chief Information Officer and the concurrence of the Executive 
Information 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 trans-
ferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer without written 
notification to and the prior approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That none 
of the funds available to the Department of Agriculture for informa-
tion technology shall be obligated for projects over $25,000 prior 
to receipt of written approval by the Chief Information 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 obliga-
tions 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 borrower 
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. 
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 remain available through September 30, 2013, 
for information technology expenses. 
SEC. 712. The Secretary of Agriculture may authorize 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 formula to participants. 
SEC. 713. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used for first-class travel by the
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employees of agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 
301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
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 technical assistance, associ-
ated 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. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
requirements pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 1736f(e)(1) may be waived for 
any amounts higher than those specified under this authority for 
fiscal year 2010. 
SEC. 716. (a) 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 inserting ‘‘2014’’. 
(b) Section 1238E(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3838e(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 
(c) Section 1240B(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3839aa–2(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 
(d) 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’’. 
(e) 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’’. 
(f) Section 1241(a)(7)(D) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3841(a)(7)(D)) is amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting 
‘‘2014’’. 
SEC. 717. Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture 
made available in fiscal years 2005, 2006, and 2007 to carry out 
section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb) 
for the cost of direct loans shall remain available until expended 
to disburse valid obligations. 
SEC. 718. None of the funds made available in fiscal year 
2012 or preceding fiscal years for programs authorized 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