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subsection and any policy recommendations that such entity con-
siders appropriate. 
(b)(1) There is established a commission to be known as the 
‘‘National Commission on Hunger’’ (in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘Commission’’). 
(2) The Commission shall— 
(A) provide policy recommendations to Congress and the 
Secretary to more effectively use existing (as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act) programs and funds of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture to combat domestic hunger and food insecu-
rity; and 
(B) develop innovative recommendations to encourage 
public-private partnerships, faith-based sector engagement, and 
community initiatives to reduce the need for government nutri-
tion assistance programs, while protecting the safety net for 
the most vulnerable members of society. 
(3) The Commission shall be composed of 10 members, of 
whom— 
(A) 3 members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives; 
(B) 2 members shall be appointed by the minority leader 
of the House of Representatives; 
(C) 3 members shall be appointed by the majority leader 
of the Senate; and 
(D) 2 members shall be appointed by the minority leader 
of the Senate. 
SEC. 744. None of the funds made available by this or any 
other Act may be used to write, prepare, or publish a final rule 
or an interim final rule in furtherance of, or otherwise to implement, 
‘‘Implementation of Regulations Required Under Title XI, of the 
Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008; Conduct in Violation 
of the Act’’ (75 Fed. Reg. 35338 (June 22, 2010)) unless the combined 
annual cost to the economy of such rules does not exceed 
$100,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds made available 
by this or any other Act may be used to publish a final or interim 
final rule in furtherance of, or to otherwise implement, proposed 
sections 201.2(l), 201.2(t), 201.2(u), 201.3(c), 201.210, 201.211, 
201.213, or 201.214 of ‘‘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. 745. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel to— 
(1) inspect horses under section 3 of the Federal Meat 
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 
(2) inspect horses under section 903 of the Federal Agri-
culture 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. 746. The Secretary shall set aside for Rural Economic 
Area Partnership (REAP) Zones an amount of funds made available 
in title III under the headings of Rural Housing Insurance Fund 
Program Account, Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants, Rural 
Housing Assistance Grants, Rural Community Facilities Program 
Account, Rural Business Program Account, Rural Development 
Loan Fund Program Account, and Rural Water and Waste Disposal
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Program Account equal to the amount obligated for REAP Zones 
by the Secretary with respect to funds provided under such headings 
in the most recent fiscal year any such funds were obligated under 
such headings for REAP Zones and such set-asides shall remain 
in effect until August 15, 2014. 
SEC. 747. Fees deposited under the heading ‘‘Department of 
Health and Human Services—Food and Drug Administration—Sala-
ries and Expenses’’ in fiscal year 2013 and sequestered pursuant 
to section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act, as amended (2 U.S.C. 901a) shall be available until 
expended for the same purpose for which those funds were originally 
appropriated. 
SEC. 748. For an additional amount for ‘‘Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service, Salaries and Expenses’’, $20,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2015, for one-time control 
and management and associated activities directly related to the 
multiple-agency response to citrus greening. 
SEC. 749. None of the credit card refunds or rebates transferred 
to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to section 729 of the Agri-
culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public 
Law 107–76) shall be available for obligation without written 
notification to, and the prior approval of, the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That the refunds 
or rebates so transferred shall be available for obligation only 
for the acquisition of plant and capital equipment necessary for 
the delivery of financial, administrative, and information technology 
services of primary benefit to the agencies of the Department of 
Agriculture. 
SEC. 750. (a) Section 1240B(a) of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2014’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2015’’. 
(b) 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 ‘‘(6), 
and (7)),’’ and inserting ‘‘and (7) and each of fiscal years 2014 
and 2015 in the case of the program specified in paragraph 
(6)),’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (6)— 
(A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the 
semicolon at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) $1,622,000,000 in fiscal year 2015.’’. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural Develop-
ment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2014’’.
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DIVISION B—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND 
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2014 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for international trade activities 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 sections 3702 and 3703 
of title 44, United States Code; full medical coverage for dependent 
members of immediate families of employees stationed overseas 
and employees temporarily posted overseas; travel and transpor-
tation of employees of the International Trade Administration 
between two points abroad, without regard to section 40118 of 
title 49, United States Code; employment of citizens of the United 
States and aliens by contract for services; rental of space abroad 
for periods not exceeding 10 years, and expenses of alteration, 
repair, or improvement; purchase or construction of temporary 
demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; payment of tort 
claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 
2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such claims arise in 
foreign countries; not to exceed $294,300 for official representation 
expenses abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehicles for official 
use abroad, not to exceed $45,000 per vehicle; obtaining insurance 
on official motor vehicles; and rental of tie lines, $470,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2015, of which $9,439,000 
is to be derived from fees to be retained and used by the Inter-
national Trade Administration, notwithstanding section 3302 of 
title 31, United States Code: Provided, That, of amounts provided 
under this heading, not less than $16,400,000 shall be for China 
antidumping and countervailing duty enforcement and compliance 
activities: 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; and that for the purpose 
of this Act, contributions under the provisions of the Mutual Edu-
cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall include payment 
for assessments for services provided as part of these activities. 
BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for export administration and national 
security activities of the Department of Commerce, 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; employment of citizens of the United States and aliens 
by contract for services abroad; payment of tort claims, in the 
manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672 of title
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28, United States Code, when such claims arise in foreign countries; 
not to exceed $13,500 for official representation expenses abroad; 
awards of compensation to informers under the Export Administra-
tion Act of 1979, and as authorized by section 1(b) of the Act 
of June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 223; 22 U.S.C. 401(b)); and purchase 
of passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehicles 
for law enforcement use with special requirement vehicles eligible 
for purchase without regard to any price limitation otherwise estab-
lished by law, $101,450,000, to remain available until expended: 
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 materials 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 activities of the Department of Commerce and other export 
control programs of the United States and other governments. 
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, for 
trade adjustment assistance, for the cost of loan guarantees author-
ized by section 26 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation 
Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3721), and for grants, and for the cost 
of loan guarantees and grants authorized by section 27 (15 U.S.C. 
3722) of such Act, $209,500,000, to remain available until expended; 
of which $5,000,000 shall be for projects to facilitate the relocation, 
to the United States, of a source of employment located outside 
the United States; of which $5,000,000 shall be for loan guarantees 
under such section 26; and of which $10,000,000 shall be for loan 
guarantees and grants under such section 27: Provided, That the 
costs for loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds for loan guarantees 
under such sections 26 and 27 are available to subsidize total 
loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$70,000,000: Provided further, That, notwithstanding paragraph (7) 
of section 27(d) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation 
Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722(d)(7)), amounts made available in 
prior appropriations Acts for guaranteeing loans for science park 
infrastructure under such section shall be available to the Secretary 
of Commerce to guarantee such loans after September 30, 2013. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administering the economic develop-
ment assistance programs as provided for by law, $37,000,000: 
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.
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MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Commerce in 
fostering, promoting, and developing minority business enterprise, 
including expenses of grants, contracts, and other agreements with 
public or private organizations, $28,000,000. 
ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of economic 
and statistical analysis programs of the Department of Commerce, 
$99,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015. 
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, analyzing, pre-
paring and publishing statistics, provided for by law, $252,000,000: 
Provided, That, from amounts provided herein, funds may be used 
for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities. 
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, analyzing, pre-
paring and publishing statistics for periodic censuses and programs 
provided for by law, $693,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2015: Provided, That, from amounts provided herein, 
funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and marketing activi-
ties: Provided further, That within the amounts appropriated, 
$1,000,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ 
account for activities associated with carrying out investigations 
and audits related to the Bureau of the Census. 
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the National 
Telecommunications 
and 
Information 
Administration 
(NTIA), 
$46,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: Pro-
vided, That, notwithstanding 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 services, 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 Secretary of Commerce is authorized 
to retain and use as offsetting collections all funds transferred, 
or previously transferred, from other Government agencies for all 
costs incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and 
related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences 
of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions under this para-
graph, and such funds received from other Government agencies 
shall remain available until expended.
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PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING AND 
CONSTRUCTION 
For the administration of prior-year grants, recoveries and 
unobligated balances of funds previously appropriated are available 
for the administration of all open grants until their expiration. 
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and Trade-
mark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, including defense of 
suits instituted against the Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, $3,024,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the sum herein 
appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting 
collections of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by the 
USPTO under any law are received during fiscal year 2014, so 
as to result in a fiscal year 2014 appropriation from the general 
fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That during fiscal year 
2014, should the total amount of such offsetting collections be 
less than $3,024,000,000 this amount shall be reduced accordingly: 
Provided further, That any amount received in excess of 
$3,024,000,000 in fiscal year 2014 and deposited in the Patent 
and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the Director of USPTO shall 
submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate for any amounts 
made available by the preceding proviso and such spending plan 
shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided 
further, That any amounts reprogrammed in accordance with the 
preceding proviso shall be transferred to the United States Patent 
and Trademark Office Salaries and Expenses account: Provided 
further, That from amounts provided herein, not to exceed $900 
shall be made available in fiscal year 2014 for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided further, That in fiscal year 
2014 from the amounts made available for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ 
for the USPTO, the amounts necessary to pay (1) the difference 
between the percentage of basic pay contributed by the USPTO 
and employees under section 8334(a) of title 5, United States Code, 
and the normal cost percentage (as defined by section 8331(17) 
of that title) as provided by the Office of Personnel Management 
(OPM) for USPTO’s specific use, of basic pay, of employees subject 
to subchapter III of chapter 83 of that title, and (2) the present 
value of the otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as determined 
by OPM for USPTO’s specific use of post-retirement life insurance 
and post-retirement health benefits coverage for all USPTO 
employees who are enrolled in Federal Employees Health Benefits 
(FEHB) and Federal Employees Group Life Insurance (FEGLI), 
shall be transferred to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund, the FEGLI Fund, and the FEHB Fund, as appropriate, 
and shall be available for the authorized purposes of those accounts: 
Provided further, That any differences between the present value
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factors published in OPM’s yearly 300 series benefit letters and 
the factors that OPM provides for USPTO’s specific use shall be 
recognized as an imputed cost on USPTO’s financial statements, 
where applicable: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, all fees and surcharges assessed and collected 
by USPTO are available for USPTO only pursuant to section 42(c) 
of title 35, United States Code, as amended by section 22 of the 
Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (Public Law 112–29): Provided 
further, That within the amounts appropriated, $2,000,000 shall 
be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ account for 
activities associated with carrying out investigations and audits 
related to the USPTO. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology (NIST), $651,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which not to exceed $9,000,000 may be transferred 
to the ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That NIST may provide local transportation for summer 
undergraduate research fellowship program participants. 
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 
For necessary expenses for industrial technology services, 
$143,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$128,000,000 shall be for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension 
Partnership, and of which $15,000,000 shall be for the Advanced 
Manufacturing Technology Consortia. 
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES 
For construction of new research facilities, including architec-
tural and engineering design, and for renovation and maintenance 
of existing facilities, not otherwise provided for the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, as authorized by sections 
13 through 15 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
Act (15 U.S.C. 278c–278e), $56,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce shall include 
in the budget justification materials that the Secretary submits 
to Congress in support of the Department of Commerce budget 
(as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) 
of title 31, United States Code) an estimate for each National 
Institute of Standards and Technology construction project having 
a total multi-year program cost of more than $5,000,000 and 
simultaneously the budget justification materials shall include an 
estimate of the budgetary requirements for each such project for 
each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years.
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NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law for the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including 
maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and vessels; grants, 
contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organizations for the 
purposes of conducting activities pursuant to cooperative agree-
ments; and relocation of facilities, $3,157,392,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2015, except that funds provided for 
cooperative enforcement shall remain available until September 
30, 2016: Provided, That fees and donations received by the National 
Ocean Service for the management of national marine sanctuaries 
may be retained and used for the salaries and expenses associated 
with those activities, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, 
United 
States 
Code: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
in 
addition, 
$115,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund entitled 
‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining 
to American Fisheries’’, which shall only be used for fishery activi-
ties related to the Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program, Cooperative 
Research, Annual Stock Assessments, Survey and Monitoring 
Projects, Interjurisdictional Fisheries Grants, and Fish Information 
Networks: Provided further, That of the $3,287,392,000 provided 
for in direct obligations under this heading $3,157,392,000 is appro-
priated from the general fund, $115,000,000 is provided by transfer, 
and $15,000,000 is derived from recoveries of prior year obligations: 
Provided further, That the total amount available for National 
Oceanic 
and 
Atmospheric 
Administration 
corporate 
services 
administrative support costs shall not exceed $217,300,000: Pro-
vided further, That any deviation from the amounts designated 
for specific activities in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), or any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 
this heading in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures 
set forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That in 
addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under the Retired 
Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plan, and 
for payments for the medical care of retired personnel and their 
dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. 
55), such sums as may be necessary. 
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION 
For procurement, acquisition and construction of capital assets, 
including alteration and modification costs, of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, $2,022,864,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2016, except that funds provided for 
construction of facilities shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the $2,029,864,000 provided for in direct obligations 
under this heading, $2,022,864,000 is appropriated from the general 
fund and $7,000,000 is provided from recoveries of prior year obliga-
tions: Provided further, That any deviation from the amounts des-
ignated for specific activities in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), or any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under
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this heading in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures 
set forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Commerce shall include in budget justification mate-
rials that the Secretary submits to Congress in support of the 
Department of Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget 
of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code) an estimate for each National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration procurement, acquisition or construction project 
having a total of more than $5,000,000 and simultaneously the 
budget justification shall include an estimate of the budgetary 
requirements for each such project for each of the 5 subsequent 
fiscal years: Provided further, That, within the amounts appro-
priated, $1,000,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’ account for activities associated with carrying out inves-
tigations and audits related to satellite procurement, acquisition 
and construction. 
PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY 
For necessary expenses associated with the restoration of 
Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2015: Provided, That, of the funds provided herein, 
the Secretary of Commerce may issue grants to the States of Wash-
ington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the 
Federally recognized tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific Coast 
(including Alaska), for projects necessary for conservation of salmon 
and steelhead populations that are listed as threatened or endan-
gered, or that are identified by a State as at-risk to be so listed, 
for maintaining populations necessary for exercise of tribal treaty 
fishing rights or native subsistence fishing, or for conservation 
of Pacific coastal salmon and steelhead habitat, based on guidelines 
to be developed by the Secretary of Commerce: Provided further, 
That all funds shall be allocated based on scientific and other 
merit principles and shall not be available for marketing activities: 
Provided further, That funds disbursed to States shall be subject 
to a matching requirement of funds or documented in-kind contribu-
tions of at least 33 percent of the Federal funds. 
FISHERIES DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses associated with the mitigation of fishery 
disasters, $75,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That funds shall be used for mitigating the effects of commer-
cial fishery failures and fishery resource disasters as declared by 
the Secretary of Commerce. 
FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND 
For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public Law 95– 
372, not to exceed $350,000, to be derived from receipts collected 
pursuant to that Act, to remain available until expended. 
FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
during fiscal year 2014, obligations of direct loans may not exceed 
$24,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota loans and not to exceed