Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
PL 111-80 (H.R.2997), enacted 10/21/2009

123 STAT. 2090 
PUBLIC LAW 111–80—OCT. 21, 2009 
Public Law 111–80 
111th Congress 
An Act 
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Adminis-
tration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2010, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the 
following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, for Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other pur-
poses, namely: 
TITLE I 
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 
PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND MARKETING 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Agri-
culture, $5,285,000: Provided, That not to exceed $11,000 of this 
amount shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
OFFICE OF TRIBAL RELATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Tribal Relations, 
$1,000,000, to support communication and consultation activities 
with Federally Recognized Tribes, as well as other requirements 
established by law. 
EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Economist, 
$13,032,000. 
NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION 
For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division, 
$15,254,000. 
Agriculture, 
Rural 
Development, 
Food and Drug 
Administration, 
and Related 
Agencies 
Appropriations 
Act, 2010. 
Oct. 21, 2009 
[H.R. 2997] 
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123 STAT. 2091 
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OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program 
Analysis, $9,436,000. 
OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Homeland Security, 
$1,859,000. 
OFFICE OF ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy and Outreach, 
$1,700,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, $61,579,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer, $6,566,000: Provided, That no funds made available by 
this appropriation may be obligated for FAIR Act or Circular A– 
76 activities until the Secretary has submitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress and the Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representa-
tives a report on the Department’s contracting out policies, including 
agency budgets for contracting out. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Civil Rights, $895,000. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$23,922,000. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Administration, $806,000. 
AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL PAYMENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to 
Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984 
delegation of authority from the Administrator of General Services 
to the Department of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs 
and activities of the Department which are included in this Act, 
and for alterations and other actions needed for the Department 
and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into configurations 
suitable for release to the Administrator of General Services, and 
Reports. 
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123 STAT. 2092 
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for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and repair of Agri-
culture buildings and facilities, and for related costs, $293,093,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $184,812,000 shall 
be available for payments to the General Services Administration 
for rent; of which $13,500,000 for payment to the Department 
of Homeland Security for building security activities; and of which 
$94,781,000 for buildings operations and maintenance expenses: 
Provided, That the Secretary shall use $15,911,000 of these funds 
to cover shortfalls incurred in prior year rental payments: Provided 
further, That the Secretary is authorized to transfer funds from 
a Departmental agency to this account to recover the full cost 
of the space and security expenses of that agency that are funded 
by this account when the actual costs exceed the agency estimate 
which will be available for the activities and payments described 
herein. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to 
comply with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), 
$5,125,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
appropriations and funds available herein to the Department for 
Hazardous Materials Management may be transferred to any 
agency of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements 
pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For Departmental Administration, $41,319,000, to provide for 
necessary expenses for management support services to offices of 
the Department and for general administration, security, repairs 
and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses 
not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and 
efficient work of the Department: Provided, That this appropriation 
shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act 
for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required 
by 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That of the amount appro-
priated, $13,000,000 is for stabilization and reconstruction activities 
to be carried out under the authority provided by title XIV of 
the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) 
and other applicable laws. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONGRESSIONAL 
RELATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Congressional Relations to carry out the programs funded by 
this Act, including programs involving intergovernmental affairs 
and liaison within the executive branch, $3,968,000: Provided, That 
these funds may be transferred to agencies of the Department 
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123 STAT. 2093 
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of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the 
agency level: Provided further, That no funds made available by 
this appropriation may be obligated after 30 days from the date 
of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary has notified the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress on the 
allocation of these funds by USDA agency: Provided further, That 
no other funds appropriated to the Department by this Act shall 
be available to the Department for support of activities of congres-
sional relations. 
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Communications, 
$9,722,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
including employment pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 
1978, $88,725,000, including such sums as may be necessary for 
contracting and other arrangements with public agencies and pri-
vate persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain con-
fidential operational expenses, including the payment of informants, 
to be expended under the direction of the Inspector General pursu-
ant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Public Law 97– 
98. 
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel, 
$43,551,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND 
ECONOMICS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Research, Education and Economics, $895,000. 
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service, 
$82,478,000. 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Statistics 
Service, $161,830,000, of which up to $37,908,000 shall be available 
until expended for the Census of Agriculture. 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research Service 
and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase 
at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for land exchanges 
where the lands exchanged shall be of equal value or shall be 
equalized by a payment of money to the grantor which shall not 
Notification. 
Deadline. 
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123 STAT. 2094 
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exceed 25 percent of the total value of the land or interests trans-
ferred out of Federal ownership, $1,179,639,000, of which 
$44,138,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified 
in the table titled ‘‘Congressionally Designated Projects’’ in the 
statement of managers to accompany this Act: Provided, That appro-
priations hereunder shall be available for the operation and mainte-
nance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one for replace-
ment only: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall 
be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alter-
ation, and repair of buildings and improvements, but unless other-
wise provided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not 
exceed $375,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses which shall 
each be limited to $1,200,000, and except for 10 buildings to be 
constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $750,000 each, 
and the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 
shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of 
the building or $375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, 
That the limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall 
not apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities 
at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropriations here-
under shall be available for granting easements at the Beltsville 
Agricultural Research Center: Provided further, That the foregoing 
limitations shall not apply to replacement of buildings needed to 
carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided 
further, That funds may be received from any State, other political 
subdivision, organization, or individual for the purpose of estab-
lishing or operating any research facility or research project of 
the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement, 
extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities 
as necessary to carry out the agricultural research programs of 
the Department of Agriculture, where not otherwise provided, 
$70,873,000, of which $70,873,000 shall be for the purposes, and 
in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Congressionally Des-
ignated Projects’’ in the statement of managers to accompany this 
Act, to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for coopera-
tive forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other 
expenses, $788,243,000, of which $120,054,000 shall be for the 
purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Congres-
sionally Designated Projects’’ in the statement of managers to 
accompany this Act, as follows: to carry out the provisions of the 
Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a–i), $215,000,000; for grants for 
cooperative forestry research (16 U.S.C. 582a through a–7), 
$29,000,000; for payments to eligible institutions (7 U.S.C. 3222), 
$48,500,000, provided that each institution receives no less than 
$1,000,000; for special grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $89,029,000; for 
competitive grants on improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), 
$16,185,000; 
for 
competitive 
grants 
(7 
U.S.C. 
450(i)(b)), 
$262,482,000, to remain available until expended; for the support 
Maryland. 
7 USC 2254. 
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123 STAT. 2095 
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of animal health and disease programs (7 U.S.C. 3195), $2,950,000; 
for supplemental and alternative crops and products (7 U.S.C. 
3319d), $835,000; for grants for research pursuant to the Critical 
Agricultural Materials Act (7 U.S.C. 178 et seq.), $1,083,000, to 
remain available until expended; for the 1994 research grants pro-
gram for 1994 institutions pursuant to section 536 of Public Law 
103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $1,805,000, to remain available until 
expended; for rangeland research grants (7 U.S.C. 3333), $983,000; 
for higher education graduate fellowship grants (7 U.S.C. 
3152(b)(6)), $3,859,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 
2209b); for a program pursuant to section 1415A of the National 
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 
(7 U.S.C. 3151a), $4,800,000, to remain available until expended; 
for higher education challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), 
$5,654,000; for a higher education multicultural scholars program 
(7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), $1,241,000, to remain available until expended 
(7 U.S.C. 2209b); for an education grants program for Hispanic- 
serving Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241), $9,237,000; for competitive 
grants for the purpose of carrying out all provisions of 7 U.S.C. 
3156 to individual eligible institutions or consortia of eligible institu-
tions in Alaska and in Hawaii, with funds awarded equally to 
each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii, $3,200,000; for a secondary 
agriculture education program and 2-year post-secondary education 
(7 U.S.C. 3152(j)), $983,000; for aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), 
$3,928,000; for sustainable agriculture research and education (7 
U.S.C. 5811), $14,500,000; for a program of capacity building grants 
(7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to institutions eligible to receive funds under 
7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222, $18,250,000, to remain available until 
expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for payments to the 1994 Institutions 
pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 103–382, $3,342,000; 
for resident instruction grants for insular areas under section 1491 
of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 
Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3363), $900,000; for distance education 
grants for insular areas under section 1490 of the National Agricul-
tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3362), $750,000; for a new era rural technology program 
pursuant to section 1473E of the National Agricultural Research, 
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3319e), 
$875,000; for a competitive grants program for farm business 
management and benchmarking (7 U.S.C. 5925f), $1,500,000; for 
a competitive grants program regarding biobased energy (7 U.S.C. 
8114), $2,250,000; and for necessary expenses of Research and 
Education Activities, $45,122,000, of which $2,704,000 for the 
Research, Education, and Economics Information System and 
$2,136,000 for the Electronic Grants Information System, are to 
remain available until expended. 
NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND 
For the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund author-
ized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $11,880,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 
Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the Northern Marianas, and 
American Samoa, $494,923,000, of which $11,831,000 shall be for 
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123 STAT. 2096 
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the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 
‘‘Congressionally Designated Projects’’ in the statement of managers 
to accompany this Act, as follows: payments for cooperative exten-
sion work under the Smith-Lever Act, to be distributed under 
sections 3(b) and 3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c) of 
Public Law 93–471, for retirement and employees’ compensation 
costs for extension agents, $297,500,000; payments for extension 
work at the 1994 Institutions under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 
343(b)(3)), $4,321,000; payments for the nutrition and family edu-
cation program for low-income areas under section 3(d) of the Act, 
$68,070,000; payments for the pest management program under 
section 3(d) of the Act, $9,938,000; payments for the farm safety 
program under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,863,000; payments for 
New Technologies for Ag Extension under section 3(d) of the Act, 
$1,750,000; payments to upgrade research, extension, and teaching 
facilities at institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 
3221 and 3222, $19,770,000, to remain available until expended; 
payments for youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the 
Smith-Lever Act, $8,412,000; for youth farm safety education and 
certification extension grants, to be awarded competitively under 
section 3(d) of the Act, $486,000; payments for carrying out the 
provisions of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 (16 
U.S.C. 1671 et seq.), $4,068,000; payments for the federally-recog-
nized Tribes Extension Program under section 3(d) of the Smith- 
Lever Act, $3,045,000; payments for sustainable agriculture pro-
grams under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,705,000; payments for 
rural health and safety education as authorized by section 502(i) 
of Public Law 92–419 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)), $1,738,000; payments 
for cooperative extension work by eligible institutions (7 U.S.C. 
3221), $42,677,000, provided that each institution receives no less 
than $1,000,000; for grants to youth organizations pursuant to 
7 U.S.C. 7630, $1,784,000; payments to carry out the food animal 
residue avoidance database program as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
7642, $1,000,000; payments to carry out section 1672(e)(49) of the 
Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 
5925), as amended, $400,000; and for necessary expenses of Exten-
sion Activities, $20,396,000. 
INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES 
For the integrated research, education, and extension grants 
programs, 
including 
necessary 
administrative 
expenses, 
$60,022,000, as follows: for competitive grants programs authorized 
under section 406 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626), $45,148,000, 
including $12,649,000 for the water quality program, $14,596,000 
for the food safety program, $4,096,000 for the regional pest 
management centers program, $4,388,000 for the Food Quality 
Protection Act risk mitigation program for major food crop systems, 
$1,365,000 for the crops affected by Food Quality Protection Act 
implementation, $3,054,000 for the methyl bromide transition pro-
gram, and $5,000,000 for the organic transition program; for a 
competitive international science and education grants program 
authorized under section 1459A of the National Agricultural 
Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
3292b), to remain available until expended, $3,000,000; for grants 
programs authorized under section 2(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 89– 
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123 STAT. 2097 
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106, as amended, $732,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2011, for the critical issues program; $1,312,000 for the regional 
rural development centers program; and $9,830,000 for the Food 
and Agriculture Defense Initiative authorized under section 1484 
of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 
Policy Act of 1977, to remain available until September 30, 2011. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND 
REGULATORY PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, $895,000. 
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant Health Inspec-
tion Service, including up to $30,000 for representation allowances 
and for expenses pursuant to the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(22 U.S.C. 4085), $904,953,000, of which $24,410,000 shall be for 
the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 
‘‘Congressionally Designated Projects’’ in the statement of managers 
to accompany this Act, of which $2,058,000 shall be available for 
the control of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases 
and for control of pest animals and birds to the extent necessary 
to meet emergency conditions; of which $23,390,000 shall be used 
for the cotton pests program for cost share purposes or for debt 
retirement for active eradication zones; of which $5,300,000 shall 
be for a National Animal Identification program; of which 
$60,243,000 shall be used to prevent and control avian influenza 
and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 
provided for the contingency fund to meet emergency conditions, 
information technology infrastructure, fruit fly program, emerging 
plant pests, cotton pests program, grasshopper and mormon cricket 
program, the plum pox program, the National Veterinary Stockpile, 
the National Animal Identification System, up to $1,500,000 in 
the scrapie program for indemnities, up to $1,000,000 for wildlife 
services methods development, up to $1,500,000 of the wildlife 
services operations program for aviation safety, and up to 25 percent 
of the screwworm program shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That no funds shall be used to formulate or 
administer a brucellosis eradication program for the current fiscal 
year that does not require minimum matching by the States of 
at least 40 percent: Provided further, That this appropriation shall 
be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and 
the purchase of not to exceed four, of which two shall be for 
replacement only: Provided further, That, in addition, in emer-
gencies which threaten any segment of the agricultural production 
industry of this country, the Secretary may transfer from other 
appropriations or funds available to the agencies or corporations 
of the Department such sums as may be deemed necessary, to 
be available only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradication 
of contagious or infectious disease or pests of animals, poultry, 
or plants, and for expenses in accordance with sections 10411 and 
10417 of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 
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123 STAT. 2098 
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8316) and sections 431 and 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 
U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any unexpended balances of funds 
transferred for such emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal 
year shall be merged with such transferred amounts: Provided 
further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant 
to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration of leased 
buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided the 
cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not 
exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the building. 
In fiscal year 2010, the agency is authorized to collect fees 
to cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, goods, 
or services requested by States, other political subdivisions, 
domestic and international organizations, foreign governments, or 
individuals, provided that such fees are structured such that any 
entity’s liability for such fees is reasonably based on the technical 
assistance, goods, or services provided to the entity by the agency, 
and such fees shall be credited to this account, to remain available 
until expended, without further appropriation, for providing such 
assistance, goods, or services. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, repair, preventive maintenance, 
environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, and 
purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
2250, and acquisition of land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, 
$4,712,000, to remain available until expended. 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
MARKETING SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing Service, 
$91,148,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available 
pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of 
buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any one 
building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the 
current replacement value of the building. 
Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization activities, 
as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 U.S.C. 9701). 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $64,583,000 (from fees collected) shall be obli-
gated during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses: 
Provided, That if crop size is understated and/or other uncontrol-
lable events occur, the agency may exceed this limitation by up 
to 10 percent with notification to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress. 
FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND SUPPLY 
(SECTION 32) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 
1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity program 
expenses as authorized therein, and other related operating 
Notification. 
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123 STAT. 2099 
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expenses, including $10,000,000 for replacement of a system to 
support commodity purchases, except for: (1) transfers to the 
Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife 
Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise provided in this 
Act; and (3) not more than $20,056,000 for formulation and adminis-
tration of marketing agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricul-
tural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act 
of 1961. 
PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS 
For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and 
departments of markets, and similar agencies for marketing activi-
ties under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 
(7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,334,000. 
GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Grain Inspection, Packers and 
Stockyards Administration, $41,964,000: Provided, That this appro-
priation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for 
the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but the 
cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not 
exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the building. 
LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $42,463,000 (from fees collected) shall be obli-
gated during the current fiscal year for inspection and weighing 
services: Provided, That if grain export activities require additional 
supervision and oversight, or other uncontrollable factors occur, 
this limitation may be exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Food Safety, $813,000. 
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized by 
the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection 
Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, including not to exceed 
$50,000 for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant 
to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 
$1,018,520,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to 
this account from fees collected for the cost of laboratory accredita-
tion as authorized by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, Con-
servation and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That 
funds provided for the Public Health Data Communication Infra-
structure system shall remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That no fewer than 140 full-time equivalent positions shall 
be employed during fiscal year 2010 for purposes dedicated solely 
to inspections and enforcement related to the Humane Methods 
of Slaughter Act: Provided further, That of the amount available 
Employment 
positions. 
Notification. 
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under this heading, $3,000,000 shall be obligated to maintain the 
Humane Animal Tracking System as part of the Public Health 
Data Communication Infrastructure System: Provided further, That 
this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 
2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, 
but the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 
shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of 
the building. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND FOREIGN 
AGRICULTURAL SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, $895,000. 
FARM SERVICE AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For 
necessary 
expenses 
of 
the 
Farm 
Service 
Agency, 
$1,253,777,000: Provided, That the Secretary is authorized to use 
the services, facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation to make program payments for all 
programs administered by the Agency: Provided further, That other 
funds made available to the Agency for authorized activities may 
be advanced to and merged with this account: Provided further, 
That funds made available to county committees shall remain avail-
able until expended. 
STATE MEDIATION GRANTS 
For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural Credit 
Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–5106), $4,369,000. 
GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or groundwater 
protection activities under section 1240O of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2), $5,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity payments 
to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products under a 
dairy indemnity program, such sums as may be necessary, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such program is carried 
out by the Secretary in the same manner as the dairy indemnity 
program described in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A–12). 
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PUBLIC LAW 111–80—OCT. 21, 2009 
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) and operating 
(7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, Indian tribe land acquisition loans 
(25 U.S.C. 488), boll weevil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), direct and guaran-
teed conservation loans (7 U.S.C. 1924 et seq.), and Indian highly 
fractionated land loans (25 U.S.C. 488), to be available from funds 
in the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm owner-
ship loans, $2,150,000,000, of which $1,500,000,000 shall be for 
unsubsidized guaranteed loans and $650,000,000 shall be for direct 
loans; operating loans, $2,670,000,000, of which $1,500,000,000 
shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $170,000,000 shall be 
for subsidized guaranteed loans and $1,000,000,000 shall be for 
direct loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans, $3,940,000; con-
servation loans, $150,000,000, of which $75,000,000 shall be for 
guaranteed loans and $75,000,000 shall be for direct loans; Indian 
highly fractionated land loans, $10,000,000; and for boll weevil 
eradication program loans, $100,000,000: Provided, That the Sec-
retary shall deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the 
purpose of boll weevil eradication program loans. 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the 
cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm ownership loans, 
$32,070,000, of which $5,550,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaran-
teed loans, and $26,520,000 shall be for direct loans; operating 
loans, $106,402,000, of which $35,100,000 shall be for unsubsidized 
guaranteed loans, $23,902,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed 
loans, and $47,400,000 shall be for direct loans; conservation loans, 
$1,343,000, of which $278,000 shall be for guaranteed loans, and 
$1,065,000 shall be for direct loans; and Indian highly fractionated 
land loans, $793,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $321,093,000, of 
which $313,173,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit Insur-
ance Program Account for farm ownership, operating and conserva-
tion direct loans and guaranteed loans may be transferred among 
these programs: Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in advance 
of any transfer. 
RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agency, 
$80,325,000: Provided, That the funds made available under section 
522(e) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(e)) may 
be used for the Common Information Management System: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official 
reception and representation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
1506(i). 
Notification. 
Deadline. 
Pink Bollworm. 
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123 STAT. 2102 
PUBLIC LAW 111–80—OCT. 21, 2009 
CORPORATIONS 
The following corporations and agencies are hereby authorized 
to make expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing 
authority available to each such corporation or agency and in accord 
with law, and to make contracts and commitments without regard 
to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 
out the programs set forth in the budget for the current fiscal 
year for such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided. 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND 
For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal 
Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may be necessary, 
to remain available until expended. 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND 
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary 
to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized 
losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, pursuant to section 
2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, 
That of the funds available to the Commodity Credit Corporation 
under section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter 
Act (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its business with the Foreign 
Agricultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to and 
used by the Foreign Agricultural Service for information resource 
management activities of the Foreign Agricultural Service that 
are not related to Commodity Credit Corporation business. 
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT 
(LIMITATION ON EXPENSES) 
For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Corporation 
shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for site investigation and 
cleanup expenses, and operations and maintenance expenses to 
comply with the requirement of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 
U.S.C. 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6961). 
TITLE II 
CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND 
ENVIRONMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Natural Resources and Environment, $895,000. 
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PUBLIC LAW 111–80—OCT. 21, 2009 
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of the 
Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), including preparation 
of conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve 
soil and water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and 
such special measures for soil and water management as may 
be necessary to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and 
to control agricultural related pollutants); operation of conservation 
plant materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; dissemi-
nation of information; acquisition of lands, water, and interests 
therein for use in the plant materials program by donation, 
exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100 pursuant 
to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection 
or alteration or improvement of permanent and temporary 
buildings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, $887,629,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2011, of which $37,382,000 
shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the 
table titled ‘‘Congressionally Designated Projects’’ in the statement 
of managers to accompany this Act: Provided, That appropriations 
hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construc-
tion and improvement of buildings and public improvements at 
plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations and 
improvements to other buildings and other public improvements 
shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, That the Secretary 
is authorized to transfer ownership of all land, buildings, and 
related improvements of the Natural Resources Conservation 
Service facilities located in Medicine Bow, Wyoming, to the Medicine 
Bow Conservation District: Provided further, That when buildings 
or other structures are erected on non-Federal land, that the right 
to use such land is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a. 
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures, 
including but not limited to research, engineering operations, 
methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, rehabilitation 
of existing works and changes in use of land, in accordance with 
the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 
1001–1005 and 1007–1009), the provisions of the Act of April 27, 
1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), and in accordance with the provisions 
of laws relating to the activities of the Department, $30,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $22,111,000 shall 
be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table 
titled ‘‘Congressionally Designated Projects’’ in the statement of 
managers to accompany this Act: Provided, That not to exceed 
$12,000,000 of this appropriation shall be available for technical 
assistance. 
WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out rehabilitation of structural 
measures, in accordance with section 14 of the Watershed Protection 
and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1012), and in accordance 
with the provisions of laws relating to the activities of the Depart-
ment, $40,161,000, to remain available until expended. 
Wyoming. 
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PUBLIC LAW 111–80—OCT. 21, 2009 
RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out projects 
for resource conservation and development and for sound land use 
pursuant to the provisions of sections 31 and 32 of the Bankhead- 
Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1010–1011; 76 Stat. 607); the 
Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f); and subtitle H of title 
XV of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451– 
3461), $50,730,000: Provided, That not to exceed $3,073,000 shall 
be available for national headquarters activities. 
TITLE III 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Rural Development, $895,000. 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration 
and implementation of programs in the Rural Development mission 
area, including activities with institutions concerning the develop-
ment and operation of agricultural cooperatives; and for cooperative 
agreements; $201,987,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, funds appropriated under this section may 
be used for advertising and promotional activities that support 
the Rural Development mission area: Provided further, That not 
more than $10,000 may be expended to provide modest nonmonetary 
awards to non-USDA employees: Provided further, That any bal-
ances available from prior years for the Rural Utilities Service, 
Rural Housing Service, and the Rural Business-Cooperative Service 
salaries and expenses accounts shall be transferred to and merged 
with this appropriation. 
RURAL HOUSING SERVICE 
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing Act of 
1949, to be available from funds in the rural housing insurance 
fund, as follows: $13,121,488,000 for loans to section 502 borrowers, 
of which $1,121,488,000 shall be for direct loans, and of which 
$12,000,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; 
$34,412,000 for section 504 housing repair loans; $69,512,000 for 
section 515 rental housing; $129,090,000 for section 538 guaranteed 
multi-family housing loans; $5,045,000 for section 524 site loans; 
$11,448,000 for credit sales of acquired property, of which up to 
$1,448,000 may be for multi-family credit sales; and $4,970,000 
for section 523 self-help housing land development loans. 
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PUBLIC LAW 111–80—OCT. 21, 2009 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the 
cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 loans, 
$213,510,000, of which $40,710,000 shall be for direct loans, and 
of which $172,800,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; section 504 housing repair 
loans, $4,422,000; repair, rehabilitation, and new construction of 
section 515 rental housing, $18,935,000; section 538 multi-family 
housing guaranteed loans, $1,485,000; and credit sales of acquired 
property, $556,000: Provided, That of the total amount appropriated 
in this paragraph, the amount equal to the amount of Rural Housing 
Insurance Fund Program Account funds allocated by the Secretary 
for Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 
2009, shall be available through June 30, 2010, for communities 
designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area 
Partnership Zones: Provided further, That section 538 multi-family 
housing guaranteed loans funded pursuant to this paragraph shall 
not be subject to a guarantee fee and the interest on such loans 
may not be subsidized: Provided further, That any balances for 
a demonstration program for the preservation and revitalization 
of the section 515 multi-family rental housing properties as author-
ized by Public Law 109–97 and Public Law 110–5 shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with the ‘‘Rural Housing Service, Multi- 
family Housing Revitalization Program Account’’. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $468,593,000 shall 
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural 
Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed 
pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) or agreements 
entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible 
households as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing 
Act of 1949, $980,000,000; and, in addition, such sums as may 
be necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate 
debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental 
assistance program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, 
That of this amount, up to $5,958,000 shall be available for debt 
forgiveness or payments for eligible households as authorized by 
section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, and not to exceed $50,000 per project 
for advances to nonprofit organizations or public agencies to cover 
direct costs (other than purchase price) incurred in purchasing 
projects pursuant to section 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Provided further, 
That of this amount not less than $2,030,000 is available for newly 
constructed units financed by section 515 of the Housing Act of 
1949, and not less than $3,400,000 is for newly constructed units 
financed under sections 514 and 516 of the Housing Act of 1949: 
Provided further, That rental assistance agreements entered into 
or renewed during the current fiscal year shall be funded for a 
one-year period: Provided further, That any unexpended balances 
remaining at the end of such one-year agreements may be trans-
ferred and used for the purposes of any debt reduction; mainte-
nance, repair, or rehabilitation of any existing projects; preserva-
tion; and rental assistance activities authorized under title V of 
the Act: Provided further, That rental assistance provided under 
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agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2010 for a farm labor 
multi-family housing project financed under section 514 or 516 
of the Act may not be recaptured for use in another project until 
such assistance has remained unused for a period of 12 consecutive 
months, if such project has a waiting list of tenants seeking such 
assistance or the project has rental assistance eligible tenants who 
are not receiving such assistance: Provided further, That such recap-
tured rental assistance shall, to the extent practicable, be applied 
to another farm labor multi-family housing project financed under 
section 514 or 516 of the Act. 
MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the rural housing voucher program as authorized under 
section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but notwithstanding sub-
section (b) of such section, for the cost to conduct a housing dem-
onstration program to provide revolving loans for the preservation 
of low-income multi-family housing projects, and for additional costs 
to conduct a demonstration program for the preservation and 
revitalization of multi-family rental housing properties described 
in this paragraph, $43,191,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$16,400,000 shall be available for rural housing vouchers to any 
low-income household (including those not receiving rental assist-
ance) residing in a property financed with a section 515 loan which 
has been prepaid after September 30, 2005: Provided further, That 
the amount of such voucher shall be the difference between com-
parable market rent for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid 
rent for such unit: Provided further, That funds made available 
for such vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual 
appropriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the 
maximum extent practicable, administer such vouchers with current 
regulations and administrative guidance applicable to section 8 
housing vouchers administered by the Secretary of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development: Provided further, That if the 
Secretary determines that the amount made available for vouchers 
in this or any other Act is not needed for vouchers, the Secretary 
may use such funds for the demonstration programs for the 
preservation and revitalization of multi-family rental housing prop-
erties described in this paragraph: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available under this heading, $1,791,000 shall be avail-
able for the cost of loans to private nonprofit organizations, or 
such nonprofit organizations’ affiliate loan funds and State and 
local housing finance agencies, to carry out a housing demonstration 
program to provide revolving loans for the preservation of low- 
income multi-family housing projects: Provided further, That loans 
under such demonstration program shall have an interest rate 
of not more than 1 percent direct loan to the recipient: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may defer the interest and principal 
payment to the Rural Housing Service for up to 3 years and the 
term of such loans shall not exceed 30 years: Provided further, 
That of the funds made available under this heading, $25,000,000 
shall be available for a demonstration program for the preservation 
and revitalization of the sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family 
rental housing properties to restructure existing USDA multi-family 
housing loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate, expressly for 
the purposes of ensuring the project has sufficient resources to 
Loans. 
Vouchers. 
Applicability. 
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preserve the project for the purpose of providing safe and affordable 
housing for low-income residents and farm laborers including 
reducing or eliminating interest; deferring loan payments, subordi-
nating, reducing or reamortizing loan debt; and other financial 
assistance including advances, payments and incentives (including 
the ability of owners to obtain reasonable returns on investment) 
required by the Secretary: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall as part of the preservation and revitalization agreement obtain 
a restrictive use agreement consistent with the terms of the restruc-
turing: Provided further, That if the Secretary determines that 
additional funds for vouchers described in this paragraph are 
needed, funds for the preservation and revitalization demonstration 
program may be used for such vouchers: Provided further, That 
if Congress enacts legislation to permanently authorize a multi- 
family rental housing loan restructuring program similar to the 
demonstration program described herein, the Secretary may use 
funds made available for the demonstration program under this 
heading to carry out such legislation with the prior approval of 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: 
Provided further, That in addition to any other available funds, 
the Secretary may expend not more than $1,000,000 total, from 
the program funds made available under this heading, for adminis-
trative expenses for activities funded under this heading. 
MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS 
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) of 
the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $41,864,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of the total amount appro-
priated under this heading, the amount equal to the amount of 
Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants allocated by the Secretary 
for Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 
2009, shall be available through June 30, 2010, for communities 
designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area 
Partnership Zones. 
RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For grants and contracts for very low-income housing repair, 
supervisory and technical assistance, compensation for construction 
defects, and rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing 
Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 
1490m, $45,500,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$4,000,000 shall be for grants authorized by section 14204 of the 
Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008: Provided, That of 
the total amount appropriated under this heading, the amount 
equal to the amount of Rural Housing Assistance Grants allocated 
by the Secretary for Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for 
the fiscal year 2009, shall be available through June 30, 2010, 
for communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural 
Economic Area Partnership Zones: Provided further, That any bal-
ances 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 shall be transferred to and merged with the ‘‘Rural 
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PUBLIC LAW 111–80—OCT. 21, 2009 
Housing Service, Multi-family Housing Revitalization Program 
Account’’. 
FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, as authorized 
by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $19,746,000, to remain available 
until expended, for direct farm labor housing loans and domestic 
farm labor housing grants and contracts. 
RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants for 
rural community facilities programs as authorized by section 306 
and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act, $54,993,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That $6,256,000 of the amount appropriated 
under this heading shall be available for a Rural Community 
Development Initiative: Provided further, That such funds shall 
be used solely to develop the capacity and ability of private, non-
profit community-based housing and community development 
organizations, low-income rural communities, and Federally Recog-
nized Native American Tribes to undertake projects to improve 
housing, community facilities, community and economic develop-
ment projects in rural areas: Provided further, That such funds 
shall be made available to qualified private, nonprofit and public 
intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a program of 
financial and technical assistance: Provided further, That such inter-
mediary organizations shall provide matching funds from other 
sources, including Federal funds for related activities, in an amount 
not less than funds provided: Provided further, That $13,902,000 
of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be to provide 
grants for facilities in rural communities with extreme unemploy-
ment and severe economic depression (Public Law 106–387), with 
up to 5 percent for administration and capacity building in the 
State rural development offices: Provided further, That $3,972,000 
of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for community facilities grants to tribal colleges, as authorized 
by section 306(a)(19) of such Act: Provided further, That of the 
amount appropriated under this heading, the amount equal to 
the amount of Rural Community Facilities Program Account funds 
allocated by the Secretary for Rural Economic Area Partnership 
Zones for the fiscal year 2009, shall be available through June 
30, 2010, for communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture 
as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the rural community 
programs described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That sections 381E– 
H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act are not applicable to the funds made available under this 
heading: Provided further, That 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 this account 
and any other prior balances from the Rural Development, Rural 
Community Advancement Program account that the Secretary 
determines is appropriate to transfer. 
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RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE 
RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the rural busi-
ness development programs authorized by sections 306 and 310B 
and described in sections 310B(f) and 381E(d)(3) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act, $97,116,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated under 
this heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made available for 
a grant to a qualified national organization to provide technical 
assistance for rural transportation in order to promote economic 
development and $2,979,000 shall be for grants to the Delta 
Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.) for any Rural Commu-
nity Advancement Program purpose as described in section 381E(d) 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, of which 
not more than 5 percent may be used for administrative expenses: 
Provided further, That $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under 
this heading shall be for business grants to benefit Federally Recog-
nized Native American Tribes, including $250,000 for a grant to 
a qualified national organization to provide technical assistance 
for rural transportation in order to promote economic development: 
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under this 
heading, the amount equal to the amount of Rural Business Pro-
gram Account funds allocated by the Secretary for Rural Economic 
Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 2009, shall be available 
through June 30, 2010, for communities designated by the Secretary 
of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the 
rural business and cooperative development programs described 
in section 381E(d)(3) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 381N of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not 
applicable to funds made available under this heading: Provided 
further, That 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 this account 
and any other prior balances from the Rural Development, Rural 
Community Advancement Program account that the Secretary 
determines is appropriate to transfer. 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by 
the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), $33,536,000. 
For the cost of direct loans, $8,464,000, as authorized by the 
Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), of which 
$1,035,000 shall be available through June 30, 2010, for Federally 
Recognized Native American Tribes and of which $2,070,000 shall 
be available through June 30, 2010, for Mississippi Delta Region 
counties (as determined in accordance with Public Law 100–460): 
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated 
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under this heading, the amount equal to the amount of Rural 
Development Loan Fund Program Account funds allocated by the 
Secretary for Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal 
year 2009, shall be available through June 30, 2010, for commu-
nities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 
Area Partnership Zones. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan programs, $4,941,000 shall be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized under 
section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of 
promoting rural economic development and job creation projects, 
$33,077,000. 
Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of credit 
payments, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural Electrification 
Act of 1936, $44,463,000 shall not be obligated and $44,463,000 
are rescinded. 
RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 
For rural cooperative development grants authorized under 
section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $34,854,000, of which $300,000 shall be for 
a cooperative research agreement with a qualified academic institu-
tion to conduct research on the national economic impact of all 
types of cooperatives; and of which $2,800,000 shall be for coopera-
tive agreements for the appropriate technology transfer for rural 
areas program: Provided, That not to exceed $3,463,000 shall be 
for cooperatives or associations of cooperatives whose primary focus 
is to provide assistance to small, socially disadvantaged producers 
and whose governing board and/or membership is comprised of 
at least 75 percent socially disadvantaged members; and of which 
$20,367,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for value- 
added agricultural product market development grants, as author-
ized by section 231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 
(7 U.S.C. 1621 note). 
RURAL MICROENTERPRISE INVESTMENT PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of loans and grants, $5,000,000 as authorized 
by section 379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1981 et seq.): Provided, That such costs of loans, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM 
For the cost of a program of loan guarantees and grants, 
under the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 
9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 
(7 U.S.C. 8107), $39,340,000: Provided, That the cost of loan guaran-
tees, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
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RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE 
RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants for 
the rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid waste 
management programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 
306D, 306E, and 310B and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 
306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act, $568,730,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which not to exceed $497,000 shall be available for the rural utilities 
program described in section 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which 
not to exceed $993,000 shall be available for the rural utilities 
program described in section 306E of such Act: Provided, That 
$70,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall 
be for loans and grants including water and waste disposal systems 
grants authorized by 306C(a)(2)(B) and 306D of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act, Federally-recognized Native 
American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1), and the Department 
of Hawaiian Home Lands (of the State of Hawaii): Provided further, 
That not less than $65,000,000 of the unobligated balances available 
for grants authorized by 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act shall be obligated within 90 days of the enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That not to exceed $19,500,000 of 
the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for technical 
assistance grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant to 
section 306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the Secretary makes a deter-
mination of extreme need, of which $6,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for a grant to a qualified non-profit multi-state regional tech-
nical assistance organization, with experience in working with small 
communities on water and waste water problems, the principal 
purpose of such grant shall be to assist rural communities with 
populations of 3,300 or less, in improving the planning, financing, 
development, operation, and management of water and waste water 
systems, and of which not less than $800,000 shall be for a qualified 
national Native American organization to provide technical assist-
ance for rural water systems for tribal communities: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $15,000,000 of the amount appropriated 
under this heading shall be for contracting with qualified national 
organizations for a circuit rider program to provide technical assist-
ance for rural water systems: Provided further, That of the amount 
appropriated under this heading, the amount equal to the amount 
of Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account funds allo-
cated by the Secretary for Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones 
for the fiscal year 2009, shall be available through June 30, 2010, 
for communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural 
Economic Area Partnership Zones for the rural utilities programs 
described in section 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act: Provided further, That $17,500,000 of the amount 
appropriated under this heading shall be transferred to, and merged 
with, the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account 
to provide grants authorized under section 19 of the Rural Elec-
trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): Provided further, That any 
prior year balances for high cost energy grants authorized by section 
19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a) shall 
Contracts. 
Grants. 
Deadline. 
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be transferred to and merged with the Rural Utilities Service, 
High Energy Costs Grants Account: Provided further, That sections 
381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act are not applicable to the funds made available under 
this heading: Provided further, That any prior balances in the 
Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement Program 
account programs authorized 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 
this account and any other prior balances from the Rural Develop-
ment, Rural Community Advancement Program account that the 
Secretary determines is appropriate to transfer. 
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOANS PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as author-
ized by sections 305 and 306 of the Rural Electrification Act of 
1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936) shall be made as follows: 5 percent 
rural electrification loans, $100,000,000; loans made pursuant to 
section 306 of that Act, rural electric, $6,500,000,000; guaranteed 
underwriting loans pursuant to section 313A, $500,000,000; 5 per-
cent rural telecommunications loans, $145,000,000; cost of money 
rural telecommunications loans, $250,000,000; and for loans made 
pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications loans, 
$295,000,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding section 6106(b) of 
the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, a guaranteed 
underwriting loan may not be issued until the amendments to 
the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 contained in section 6106(a) 
of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 are administra-
tively implemented. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $39,959,000, which 
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND PROGRAM 
For the principal amount of broadband telecommunication 
loans, $400,000,000. 
For grants for telemedicine and distance learning services in 
rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $37,755,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That $3,000,000 shall 
be made available for grants authorized by 379G of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That 
$4,500,000 shall be made available to those noncommercial edu-
cational television broadcast stations that serve rural areas and 
are qualified for Community Service Grants by the Corporation 
for Public Broadcasting under section 396(k) of the Communications 
Act of 1934, including associated translators and repeaters, regard-
less of the location of their main transmitter, studio-to-transmitter 
links, and equipment to allow local control over digital content 
and programming through the use of high-definition broadcast, 
multi-casting and datacasting technologies. 
For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by section 601 
of the Rural Electrification Act, $28,960,000, to remain available 
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until expended: Provided, That the cost of direct loans shall be 
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
In addition, $17,976,000, to remain available until expended, 
for a grant program to finance broadband transmission in rural 
areas eligible for Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program 
benefits authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa. 
TITLE IV 
DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, NUTRITION AND 
CONSUMER SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, $813,000. 
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE 
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
In lieu of the amounts made available in section 14222(b) 
of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, for necessary 
expenses to carry out the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section 21, and the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 
17 and 21; $16,855,829,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2011, of which $1,000,000 may be used to carry out the school 
community garden pilot program established under section 18(g)(3) 
of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1769(g)(3)), and of which $9,865,930,000 is hereby appropriated, 
$6,747,877,000 shall be derived by transfer from funds available 
under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c) 
and $242,022,000 shall be derived by transfer from unobligated 
and unavailable balances from fiscal year 2009 under section 32 
of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That 
of the total amount available, $5,000,000 shall be available to 
be awarded as competitive grants to implement section 4405 of 
the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110– 
246), and may be awarded notwithstanding the limitations imposed 
by sections 4405(b)(1)(A) and 4405(c)(1)(A). 
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, 
AND CHILDREN (WIC) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the special supplemental 
nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $7,252,000,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2011: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 17(g)(5) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1786(g)(5)), not more than $15,000,000 of funds provided in this 
Act may be used for the purpose of evaluating program performance 
in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants 
and Children: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
17(h)(10)(A) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1786(h)(10)(A)), of the amounts made available under this heading, 
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not less than $14,000,000 shall be used for infrastructure, not 
less than $60,000,000 shall be used for management information 
systems, and not less than $80,000,000 shall be used for 
breastfeeding peer counselors and other related activities: Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided in this account shall 
be available for the purchase of infant formula except in accordance 
with the cost containment and competitive bidding requirements 
specified in section 17 of such Act: Provided further, That none 
of the funds provided shall be available for activities that are 
not fully reimbursed by other Federal Government departments 
or agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such Act. 
SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $58,278,181,000, of which 
$3,000,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2011, 
shall be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and at 
such times as may become necessary to carry out program oper-
ations: Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended 
in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be subject 
to any work registration or workfare requirements as may be 
required by law: Provided further, That funds made available for 
Employment and Training under this heading shall remain avail-
able until expended, notwithstanding section 16(h)(1) of the Food 
and Nutrition Act of 2008: Provided further, That funds made 
available under this heading may be used to enter into contracts 
and employ staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct 
activities related to program integrity provided that such activities 
are authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 
COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance and 
the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as authorized by sec-
tion 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 
(7 U.S.C. 612c note); the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; 
special assistance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized 
by section 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments 
Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farmers’ Market Nutri-
tion Program, as authorized by section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966, $247,979,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2011, of which $6,000,000 shall be for emergency food program 
infrastructure grants authorized by section 209 of the Emergency 
Food Assistance Act of 1983: Provided, That of the amount provided, 
$5,000,000 is to begin service in 7 additional States that have 
plans approved by the Department for the commodity supplemental 
food program: Provided further, That none of these funds shall 
be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 
commodities donated to the program: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, effective with funds made 
available in fiscal year 2010 to support the Seniors Farmers’ Market 
Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 4402 of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, such funds shall remain 
available through September 30, 2011: Provided further, That of 
the funds made available under section 27(a) of the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may use 
Workfare. 
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up to 10 percent for costs associated with the distribution of 
commodities. 
NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and Nutri-
tion Service for carrying out any domestic nutrition assistance 
program, $147,801,000. 
TITLE V 
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service, 
including not to exceed $158,000 for representation allowances and 
for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 
3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $180,367,000: Provided, That the Service 
may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation 
for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and 
private organizations and institutions under agreements executed 
pursuant to the agricultural food production assistance programs 
(7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assistance programs of the United 
States Agency for International Development: Provided further, 
That funds made available for middle-income country training pro-
grams and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service 
appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in 
international currency exchange rates, subject to documentation 
by the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall remain available until 
expended. 
FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD FOR PROGRESS 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the credit program 
of title I, Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83–480) and the Food 
for Progress Act of 1985, $2,812,000, to be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries 
and Expenses’’: Provided, That funds made available for the cost 
of agreements under title I of the Agricultural Trade Development 
and Assistance Act of 1954 and for title I ocean freight differential 
may be used interchangeably between the two accounts with prior 
notice to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress. 
FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS 
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise 
recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, including interest 
thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83–480), for 
commodities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad under 
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title II of such Act, $1,690,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the Commodity Credit 
Corporation’s export guarantee program, GSM 102 and GSM 103, 
$6,820,000; to cover common overhead expenses as permitted by 
section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act and 
in conformity with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which 
$6,465,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropria-
tion for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses’’, and 
of which $355,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
MC GOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION AND CHILD 
NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 
(7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $209,500,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of this amount, the Secretary shall use 
$10,000,000 to conduct pilot projects to field test new and improved 
micronutrient fortified food products designed to meet energy and 
nutrient needs of program participants: Provided further, That the 
Commodity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the services, 
facilities, and authorities for the purpose of implementing such 
section, subject to reimbursement from amounts provided herein. 
TITLE VI 
RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG 
ADMINISTRATION 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Administration, 
including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for pay-
ment of space rental and related costs pursuant to Public Law 
92–313 for programs and activities of the Food and Drug Adminis-
tration which are included in this Act; for rental of special purpose 
space in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; for miscellaneous 
and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, authorized and 
approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the 
Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed $25,000; and notwithstanding 
section 521 of Public Law 107–188; $3,237,218,000, of which 
$5,509,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified 
in the eighth paragraph under ‘‘Food and Drug Administration, 
Salaries and Expenses’’ in the statement of managers to accompany 
this Act: Provided, That of the amount provided under this heading, 
$578,162,000 shall be derived from prescription drug user fees 
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authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h shall be credited to this account 
and remain available until expended, and shall not include any 
fees pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 379h(a)(2) and (a)(3) assessed for fiscal 
year 2011 but collected in fiscal year 2010; $57,014,000 shall be 
derived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
379j, and shall be credited to this account and remain available 
until expended; $17,280,000 shall be derived from animal drug 
user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to 
this account and remain available until expended; $5,106,000 shall 
be derived from animal generic drug user fees authorized by 21 
U.S.C. 379f, and shall be credited to this account and shall remain 
available until expended; and $235,000,000 shall be derived from 
tobacco product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s 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 
assessments for fiscal year 2010 received during fiscal year 2010, 
including any such fees assessed prior to fiscal year 2010 but 
credited for fiscal year 2010, shall be subject to the fiscal year 
2010 limitations: Provided further, That in addition and notwith-
standing any other provision under this heading, amounts collected 
for prescription drug user fees that exceed the fiscal year 2010 
limitation are appropriated and shall be credited to this account 
and remain available until expended: Provided further, That none 
of these funds shall be used to develop, establish, or operate any 
program of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, 
That of the total amount appropriated: (1) $782,915,000 shall be 
for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related 
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $880,104,000 
shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and 
related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which 
no less than $51,545,000 shall be available for the Office of Generic 
Drugs; (3) $305,249,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evalua-
tion and Research and for related field activities in the Office 
of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $155,540,000 shall be for the Center 
for Veterinary Medicine and for related field activities in the Office 
of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $349,262,000 shall be for the Center 
for Devices and Radiological Health and for related field activities 
in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $58,745,000 shall be for 
the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) $216,523,000 
shall be for the Center for Tobacco Products and for related field 
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8) not to exceed 
$117,225,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, of which 
$41,496,000 is for White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts 
paid to the General Services Administration for rent; (9) not to 
exceed $171,526,000 shall be for payments to the General Services 
Administration for rent; and (10) $200,129,000 shall be for other 
activities, including the Office of the Commissioner; the Office of 
Foods; the Office of the Chief Scientist; the Office of Policy, Planning 
and Budget; the Office of International Programs; the Office of 
Administration; and central services for these offices: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available under this heading 
shall be used to transfer funds under section 770(n) of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379dd): Provided further, 
That not to exceed $25,000 of this amount shall be for official 
reception and representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
as determined by the Commissioner: Provided further, That funds 
Fees. 
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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, $12,433,000, 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, $168,800,000, including not to exceed $3,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 
for the expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the 
Commission with foreign governmental and other regulatory offi-
cials: Provided, That $8,200,000 of the total amount appropriated 
under this heading shall not be available for obligation until the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission submits an expenditure 
plan for fiscal year 2010 to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $54,500,000 (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. 
SEC. 702. Section 10101 of division B of the Consolidated Secu-
rity, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009, 
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PUBLIC LAW 111–80—OCT. 21, 2009 
(Public Law 110–329) is amended in subsection (b) by inserting 
at the end the following: ‘‘In carrying out this section, the Secretary 
may transfer funds into existing or new accounts as determined 
by the Secretary.’’. 
SEC. 703. The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobligated 
balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this Act or other 
available unobligated discretionary balances of the Department of 
Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisition of 
plant and capital equipment necessary for the 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 
the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated 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 prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress as required by section 712 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, 
extraordinary cost of the National Finance Center: Provided further, 
That none of the amounts reserved shall be available for obligation 
unless the Secretary submits notification of the obligation to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 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. 704. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 
unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 705. No funds appropriated by this Act may be used 
to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements 
or similar arrangements between the United States Department 
of Agriculture and nonprofit 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. 
SEC. 706. 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 
Notification. 
7 USC 6945. 
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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. 707. Of the funds made available by this Act, not more 
than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary expenses of activi-
ties related to all advisory committees, panels, commissions, and 
task forces of the Department of Agriculture, except for panels 
used to comply with negotiated rule makings and panels used 
to evaluate competitively awarded grants. 
SEC. 708. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used to carry out section 410 of the Federal Meat Inspection 
Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poultry Products Inspection 
Act (21 U.S.C. 471). 
SEC. 709. 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. 710. 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. 711. 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 the 
prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress: Provided further, That none of the funds available 
to the Department of Agriculture for information technology shall 
be obligated for projects over $25,000 prior to receipt of written 
approval by the Chief Information Officer. 
SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided 
by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this 
Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in the cur-
rent fiscal year, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 
of the United States derived by the collection of fees available 
to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation 
or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds which— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
project or activity for which funds have been denied or 
restricted; 
(4) relocates an office or employees; 
(5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or 
Notifications. 
Deadlines. 
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(6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities 
presently performed by Federal employees; unless the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are notified 
15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided 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 re-
programming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, which- 
ever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs, projects, or 
activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing pro-
gram, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent 
as approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general savings 
from a reduction in personnel which would result in a change 
in existing programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of 
funds. 
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress before implementing a program or 
activity not carried out during the previous fiscal year unless the 
program or activity is funded by this Act or specifically funded 
by any other Act. 
SEC. 713. None of the funds appropriated by this or any other 
Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses 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 Sub-
committees on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or 
reflects 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 addi-
tional 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 conference for the fiscal year 2011 appropriations 
Act. 
SEC. 714. None of the funds made available by this or any 
other Act may be used to close or relocate a Rural Development 
office unless or until the Secretary of Agriculture determines the 
cost effectiveness and/or enhancement of program delivery: Pro-
vided, That not later than 120 days before the date of the proposed 
closure or relocation, the Secretary notifies the Committees on 
Appropriation of the House and Senate, and the members of Con-
gress from the State in which the office is located of the proposed 
closure or relocation and provides a report that describes the jus-
tifications for such closures and relocations. 
SEC. 715. None of the funds made available to the Food and 
Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to close or relocate, 
or to plan to close or relocate, the Food and Drug Administration 
Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis in St. Louis, Missouri, outside 
the city or county limits of St. Louis, Missouri. 
Missouri. 
Deadline. 
Notification. 
Reports. 
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SEC. 716. There is hereby appropriated $499,000 for any author-
ized Rural Development program purpose, in communities suffering 
from extreme outmigration and situated in areas that were des-
ignated as part of an Empowerment Zone pursuant to section 111 
of the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000 (as contained 
in appendix G of Public Law 106–554). 
SEC. 717. None of the funds made available in fiscal year 
2010 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 
the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f–1): Pro-
vided, That any such funds made available to reimburse the Com-
modity Credit Corporation shall only be used pursuant to section 
302(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act. 
SEC. 718. There is hereby appropriated $3,497,000, to remain 
available until expended, for a grant to the National Center for 
Natural Products Research for construction or renovation to carry 
out the research objectives of the natural products research grant 
issued by the Food and Drug Administration. 
SEC. 719. 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. 720. 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. 721. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 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) An Environmental Quality Incentives Program as 
authorized by sections 1241–240H of the Food Security Act 
of 1985, as amended (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–3839aa(8)), in excess 
of $1,180,000,000; 
(2) a program authorized by section 14(h)(1) of the Water-
shed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)); 
and 
(3) a program under subsection (b)(2)(A)(ii) of section 14222 
of Public Law 110–246 in excess of $1,123,000,000: 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)(C) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act as amended by section 4304 of Public Law 110– 
246 in excess of $25,000,000, including the transfer of funds 
under subsection (c) of section 14222 of Public Law 110–246, 
until October 1, 2010: Provided further, That $76,000,000 made 
available on October 1, 2010, to carry out section 19(i)(1)(C) 
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)(iii) of section 14222 of Public Law 110–246: Provided 
further, That all unobligated balances under section 32 of the 
News stories. 
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Act of August 24, 1935, available as of September 30, 2009, 
are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
former RUS borrower that has repaid or prepaid an insured, direct 
or guaranteed loan under the Rural Electrification Act, or any 
not-for-profit utility that is 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. 723. There is hereby appropriated $2,600,000, to remain 
available until expended, for the construction, interim operations, 
and necessary demolition needs for establishment of an agricultural 
pest facility in the State of Hawaii. 
SEC. 724. There is hereby appropriated $4,000,000 to the Sec-
retary of Agriculture to award grant(s) to develop and field test 
new food products designed to improve the nutritional delivery 
of humanitarian food assistance provided through the McGovern- 
Dole (section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1)) and the Food for Peace title II 
(7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) programs: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall use the authorities provided under the Research, Education, 
and Economics mission area of the Department in awarding such 
grant(s), with priority given to proposals that demonstrate 
partnering with and in-kind support from the private sector. 
SEC. 725. None of the funds made available to the Department 
of Agriculture in this Act may be used to implement the risk- 
based inspection program in the 30 prototype locations announced 
on February 22, 2007, by the Under Secretary for Food Safety, 
or at any other locations, until the USDA Office of Inspector General 
has provided its findings to the Food Safety and Inspection Service 
and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate on the data used in support of the development 
and design of the risk-based inspection program and FSIS has 
addressed and resolved issues identified by OIG. 
SEC. 726. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 
until receipt of the decennial census for the year 2010, the Secretary 
of Agriculture— 
(1) shall consider— 
(A) the unincorporated area of Los Osos, California, 
the city of Imperial, California, and the Harrisville Fire 
District, Rhode Island, to be rural areas for the purposes 
of eligibility for Rural Utilities Service water and waste 
disposal loans and grants; 
(B) the incorporated community of Thermalito in Butte 
County, California, (including individuals and entities with 
projects within the community) eligible for loans and grants 
funded under the housing programs of the Rural Housing 
Service; 
(C) the city of Lumberton, North Carolina, and the 
city of Sanford, North Carolina (including individuals and 
entities with projects within the city) eligible for loans 
and grants funded through the Rural Community Facilities 
Program Account; and 
(D) the city of Nogales, Arizona (including individuals 
and entities with projects within the city) eligible for loans 
and grants funded through the housing programs of the 
Rural Housing Service; and 
State listing. 
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(2) may fund Rural Community Facility Program projects 
of the Rural Housing Service and Water and Waste Disposal 
Program projects of the Rural Utilities Service for communities 
and municipal districts and areas in Connecticut, Massachu-
setts, and Rhode Island that filed applications for such projects 
with the appropriate Rural Development field office of the 
Department of Agriculture prior to August 1, 2009, and that 
such projects were determined by the field office to be eligible 
for funding. 
SEC. 727. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000 for section 
4404 of Public Law 107–171. 
SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there 
is hereby appropriated: 
(1) $3,000,000 of which $2,000,000 shall be for a grant 
to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Con-
sumer Protection, and $1,000,000 shall be for a grant to the 
Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Foods, and Markets, as author-
ized by section 6402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note); 
(2) $350,000 for a grant to the Wisconsin Department of 
Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection; 
(3) $1,000,000 shall be for development of a prototype for 
a national carbon inventory and accounting system for forestry 
and agriculture; 
(4) $1,000,000 for the International Food Protection 
Training Institute; and 
(5) $200,000 for the Center for Foodborne Illness Research 
and Prevention. 
SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide financial and 
technical assistance through the Watershed and Flood Prevention 
Operations program to carry out— 
(1) the Alameda Creek Watershed Project in Alameda 
County, California; 
(2) the Hurricane Katrina-Related Watershed Restoration 
project in Jackson County, Mississippi; 
(3) the Pidcock-Mill Creeks Watershed project in Bucks 
County, Pennsylvania; 
(4) the Farmington River Restoration project in Litchfield 
County, Connecticut; 
(5) the Lake Oscawana Management and Restoration 
project in Putnam County, New York; 
(6) the Richland Creek Reservoir in Paulding County, 
Georgia; 
(7) the Pocasset River Floodplain Management Project in 
the State of Rhode Island; 
(8) the East Locust Creek Watershed Plan Revision in 
Missouri, including up to 100 percent of the engineering assist-
ance and 75 percent cost share for construction cost of site 
RW1; 
(9) the Little Otter Creek Watershed project in Missouri. 
The sponsoring local organization may obtain land rights by 
perpetual easements; 
(10) the DuPage County Watershed project in the State 
of Illinois; 
(11) the Dunloup Creek Watershed Project in Fayette and 
Raleigh Counties, West Virginia; 
State listing. 
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(12) the Dry Creek Watershed project in the State of Cali-
fornia; and 
(13) the Upper Clark Fork Watershed project in the State 
of Montana. 
SEC. 730. Section 17(r)(5) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(r)(5)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘the District of Columbia and’’ after the 
first instance of ‘‘institutions located in’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘ten’’ and inserting ‘‘thirteen’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘eight’’ and inserting ‘‘eleven’’; and 
(4) by inserting ‘‘Connecticut, Nevada, Wisconsin,’’ after 
the first instance of ‘‘States shall be’’. 
SEC. 731. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the 
purposes of a grant under section 412 of the Agricultural Research, 
Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998, none of the funds 
in this or any other Act may be used to prohibit the provision 
of in-kind support from non-Federal sources under section 412(e)(3) 
in the form of unrecovered indirect costs not otherwise charged 
against the grant, consistent with the indirect rate of cost approved 
for a recipient. 
SEC. 732. 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, 2011, 
for information technology expenses. 
SEC. 733. 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 C.F.R. 246.10 when 
issuing liquid infant formula to participants. 
SEC. 734. (a) CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS.—Section 9(b) of 
the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1758(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(14) COMBAT PAY.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION OF COMBAT PAY.—In this paragraph, 
the term ‘combat pay’ means any additional payment under 
chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, or otherwise 
designated by the Secretary to be appropriate for exclusion 
under this paragraph, that is received by or from a member 
of the United States Armed Forces deployed to a designated 
combat zone, if the additional pay— 
‘‘(i) is the result of deployment to or service in 
a combat zone; and 
‘‘(ii) was not received immediately prior to serving 
in a combat zone. 
‘‘(B) EXCLUSION.—Combat pay shall not be considered 
to be income for the purpose of determining the eligibility 
for free or reduced price meals of a child who is a member 
of the household of a member of the United States Armed 
Forces.’’. 
(b) SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, 
INFANTS, AND CHILDREN.—Section 17(d)(2) of the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(d)(2)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph 
(D); and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following: 
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‘‘(C) COMBAT
PAY.—For the purpose of determining 
income eligibility under this section, a State agency shall 
exclude from income any additional payment under chapter 
5 of title 37, United States Code, or otherwise designated 
by the Secretary to be appropriate for exclusion under 
this subparagraph, that is received by or from a member 
of the United States Armed Forces deployed to a designated 
combat zone, if the additional pay— 
‘‘(i) is the result of deployment to or service in 
a combat zone; and 
‘‘(ii) was not received immediately prior to serving 
in a combat zone.’’. 
SEC. 735. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 for the grant 
program for the purpose of obtaining and adding to an anhydrous 
ammonia fertilizer nurse tank a substance to reduce the amount 
of methamphetamine that can be produced from any anhydrous 
ammonia removed from the nurse tank as authorized by section 
14203 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (21 
U.S.C. 864a). 
SEC. 736. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 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 Regula-
tions. 
SEC. 737. Agencies with jurisdiction for carrying out inter-
national food assistance programs under the jurisdiction of this 
Act, including title II of the Food for Peace Act and the McGovern- 
Dole International Food for Education Program, shall— 
(1) provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House and the Senate no later than May 1, 2010, the following: 
(A) estimates on cost-savings and programmatic effi-
ciencies that would result from increased use of pre-posi-
tioning of food aid commodities and processes to ensure 
such cargoes are appropriately maintained to prevent spoil-
age; 
(B) estimates on cost-savings and programmatic effi-
ciencies that would result from the use of longer-term 
commodity procurement contracts, the proportional dis-
tribution of commodity purchases throughout the fiscal 
year, longer-term shipping contracts, contracts which 
include shared-risk principles, and adoptions of other 
commercially acceptable contracting practices; 
(C) estimates on costs of domestic procurement of 
commodities, domestic inland transportation of food aid 
commodities, domestic storage (including loading and 
unloading), 
foreign 
storage 
(including 
loading 
and 
unloading), foreign inland transportation, and ocean freight 
(including ocean freight as adjusted by the ocean freight 
differential reimbursement provided by the Secretary of 
Transportation), and costs relating to allocation and dis-
tribution of commodities in recipient countries; 
(D) information on the frequency of delays in trans-
porting food aid commodities, the cause or purpose of any 
delays (including how those delays are tracked, monitored 
and resolved), missed schedules by carriers and non-car-
riers (and resulting program costs due to such delays, 
including impacts to program beneficiaries); 
Contracts. 
Deadline. 
Cost estimates. 
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(E) information on the methodologies to improve inter-
agency coordination between host governments, the World 
Food Program, and non-governmental organization to 
develop more consistent estimates of food aid needs and 
the number of intended recipients to appropriately inform 
the purchases of commodities and in order to appropriately 
plan for commodity procurement for food aid programs; 
(2) provide the matter described under subsection (1) of 
this section in the form of a consensus report under the signa-
tures of the Secretaries of Agriculture, State, and Transpor-
tation; and 
(3) estimates and cost savings analysis for this section 
shall be derived from periods representative of normal program 
operations. 
SEC. 738. There is hereby appropriated $250,000, to remain 
available until expended, for a grant to the Kansas Farm Bureau 
Foundation for work-force development initiatives to address out- 
migration in rural areas. 
SEC. 739. There is hereby appropriated $800,000 to the Farm 
Service Agency to carry out a pilot program to demonstrate the 
use of new technologies that increase the rate of growth of re- 
forested hardwood trees on private non-industrial forests lands, 
enrolling lands on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico that were damaged 
by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. 
SEC. 740. (a) The Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall estab-
lish within the Food and Drug Administration a review group 
which shall recommend to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs 
appropriate preclinical, trial design, and regulatory paradigms and 
optimal solutions for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of 
rare diseases: Provided, That the Commissioner of Food and Drugs 
shall appoint individuals employed by the Food and Drug Adminis-
tration to serve on the review group: Provided further, That mem-
bers of the review group shall have specific expertise relating to 
the development of articles for use in the prevention, diagnosis, 
or treatment of rare diseases, including specific expertise in devel-
oping or carrying out clinical trials. 
(b) The Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall establish within 
the Food and Drug Administration a review group which shall 
recommend to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs appropriate 
preclinical, trial design, and regulatory paradigms and optimal solu-
tions for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of neglected 
diseases of the developing world: Provided, That the Commissioner 
of Food and Drugs shall appoint individuals employed by the Food 
and Drug Administration to serve on the review group: Provided 
further, That members of the review group shall have specific 
expertise relating to the development of articles for use in the 
prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of neglected diseases of the 
developing world, including specific expertise in developing or car-
rying out clinical trials: Provided further, That for the purposes 
of this section the term ‘‘neglected disease of the developing world’’ 
means a tropical disease, as defined in section 524(a)(3) of the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360n(a)(3)). 
(c) The Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall— 
(1) submit, not later than 1 year after the date of the 
establishment of review groups under subsections (a) and (b), 
Reports. 
Deadlines. 
Establishment. 
21 USC 360aa 
note. 
Reports. 
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a report to Congress that describes both the findings and rec-
ommendations made by the review groups under subsections 
(a) and (b); 
(2) issue, not later than 180 days after submission of the 
report to Congress under paragraph (1), guidance based on 
such recommendations for articles for use in the prevention, 
diagnosis, and treatment of rare diseases and for such uses 
in neglected diseases of the developing world; and 
(3) develop, not later than 180 days after submission of 
the report to Congress under paragraph (1), internal review 
standards based on such recommendations for articles for use 
in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of rare diseases 
and for such uses in neglected diseases of the developing world. 
SEC. 741. There is hereby appropriated $2,600,000 to carry 
out section 1621 of Public Law 110–246 and $3,000,000 to carry 
out section 1613 of Public Law 110–246. 
SEC. 742. Of the unobligated balances provided pursuant to 
section 16(h)(1)(A) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, 
$11,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 743. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to promulgate or implement a poultry products inspec-
tion rule allowing processed poultry or processed poultry products 
to be imported into the United States from the People’s Republic 
of China unless the Secretary of Agriculture formally notifies Con-
gress that the Department will— 
(1) not provide any preferential consideration to any 
application by the People’s Republic of China for authorization 
to export poultry or poultry products to the United States; 
(2) conduct audits of inspection systems and on-site reviews 
of slaughter and processing facilities, laboratories and other 
control operations before any Chinese facilities are certified 
as eligible to ship poultry or poultry products to the United 
States and, in subsequent years, to conduct such audits and 
reviews at least once annually or more frequently as the Sec-
retary determines necessary; 
(3) implement a significantly increased level of port of 
entry re-inspection; 
(4) establish and conduct a formal and expeditious informa-
tion sharing program with other countries importing processed 
poultry or processed poultry products from China that have 
conducted audits and plant inspections;0 
(5) report to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations within 120 days of the date of enactment of this 
Act, and every 180 days thereafter for an indefinite period, 
with respect to the promulgation or implementation of any 
poultry products inspection rule authorizing the People’s 
Republic of China to export poultry or poultry products to 
the United States, including— 
(A) actions taken or to be taken by the Secretary, 
including new audits and on-site reviews, to implement 
any poultry products inspection rule authorizing the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China to export processed poultry or proc-
essed poultry products to the United States; 
(B) actions taken or to be taken by the Secretary, 
including new audits and on-site reviews, to determine 
whether the poultry inspection system of the People’s 
Reports. 
Deadlines. 
Audits. 
Certifications. 
Poultry and 
poultry products. 
People’s Republic 
of China. 
Notification. 
Rescission. 
Standards. 
Guidelines. 
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Republic of China achieves a level of sanitary protection 
equivalent to that achieved under United States standards; 
(C) actions taken or to be taken by the Secretary 
to determine whether the administration and enforcement 
of the poultry and poultry products inspection system of 
the People’s Republic of China ensures that it achieves 
a level of sanitary protection equivalent to that achieved 
under United States standards; 
(D) the level of port of entry re-inspections to be con-
ducted on processed poultry and processed poultry products 
offered for importation into the United States from the 
People’s Republic of China; and 
(E) a work plan incorporating any understandings or 
agreements between FSIS and relevant authorities of the 
People’s Republic of China with respect to carrying out 
the Secretary’s assessment of the equivalency of the poultry 
products inspection system of the People’s Republic of 
China; 
(6) make publicly available, no later than 30 days from 
the date they are finalized, the reports of any new audits 
and on-site reviews conducted by the Secretary, and, in addi-
tion, when such audit or review is being conducted to determine 
whether the People’s Republic of China’s poultry inspection 
system achieves a level of sanitary protection equivalent to 
that achieved under United States standards, to make the 
final report of such audit or review publicly available no later 
than 30 days prior to the publication of any notice of proposed 
rulemaking for such determination; and 
(7) make publicly available a list of facilities in the People’s 
Republic of China certified to export poultry or poultry products 
to the United States and to notify the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations if the number of facilities cer-
tified by the People’s Republic of China exceeds ten. 
(b) None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
used to promulgate any proposed or final rule allowing the importa-
tion into the United States of poultry slaughtered or poultry prod-
ucts produced from poultry slaughtered in the People’s Republic 
of China unless such rule is promulgated in accordance with the 
procedures for significant rules specified in Executive Order 12866. 
(c) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with 
United States obligations under its international trade agreements. 
SEC. 744. 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. 745. (a) Section 531(g)(7)(F) of the Federal Crop Insurance 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1531(g)(7)(F)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting 
‘‘(including multiyear assistance)’’ after ‘‘assistance’’; and 
(2) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘or multiyear production 
losses’’ after ‘‘a production loss’’. 
Applicability. 
Public 
information. 
Records. 
Notification. 
Public 
information. 
Deadline. 
Reports. 
Notice. 
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(b) Section 901(g)(7)(F) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2497(g)(7)(F)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting 
‘‘(including multiyear assistance)’’ after ‘‘assistance’’; and 
(2) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘or multiyear production 
losses’’ after ‘‘a production loss’’. 
SEC. 746. (a) DEPARTMENT
OF
AGRICULTURE
ASSISTANCE 
DURING PANDEMIC EMERGENCY.—During fiscal year 2010, in any 
case in which a school is closed for at least 5 consecutive days 
during a pandemic emergency designation, each household con-
taining at least 1 member who is an eligible child attending the 
school shall be eligible to receive assistance pursuant to a State 
agency plan approved under subsection (b). 
(b) ASSISTANCE.—To carry out this section, the Secretary of 
Agriculture may approve State agency plans for temporary emer-
gency standards of eligibility and levels of benefits under the Food 
and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) for households 
with eligible children. Plans approved by the Secretary may provide 
for supplemental allotments to households receiving benefits under 
such Act, and issuances to households not already receiving benefits. 
Such level of benefits shall be determined by the Secretary in 
an amount not less than the value of meals at the free rate over 
the course of 5 school days for each eligible child in the household. 
(c) MINIMUM CLOSURE REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture shall not provide assistance under this section in the case 
of a school that is closed for less than 5 consecutive days. 
(d) USE OF EBT SYSTEM.—A State agency may provide assist-
ance under this section through the EBT card system established 
under section 7 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2016). 
(e) RELEASE
OF INFORMATION.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize State 
educational agencies and school food authorities administering a 
school lunch program under the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) to release to appropriate officials 
administering the supplemental nutrition assistance program such 
information as may be necessary to carry out this section. 
(f) WAIVERS.—To facilitate implementation of this section, the 
Secretary of Agriculture may approve waivers of the limits on 
certification periods otherwise applicable under section 3(f) of the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(f)), reporting require-
ments otherwise applicable under section 5(f) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
2014(f)), 
and 
other 
administrative 
requirements 
otherwise 
applicable to State agencies under such Act. 
(g) FUNDING.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall use funds 
made available under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2011 et seq.) to fund, with the exception of the commodities 
described in subsection (h), benefits provided under this section. 
(h) AVAILABILITY OF COMMODITIES.—During fiscal year 2010, 
the Secretary of Agriculture may utilize funds appropriated under 
section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c) to purchase 
commodities for emergency distribution in any area of the United 
States during a pandemic emergency designation. 
(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘eligible child’’ means a child (as defined 
in section 12(d) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(d)) who, if not for the closure of 
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the school attended by the child during a pandemic emergency 
designation and due to concerns about an influenza pandemic, 
would receive free or reduced price school meals under the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 175l 
et seq.) at the school. 
(2) The term ‘‘pandemic emergency designation’’ means 
the declaration— 
(A) of a public health emergency, based on pandemic 
influenza, by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 247d); or 
(B) of a domestic emergency, based on pandemic 
influenza, by the Secretary of Homeland Security. 
(3) The term ‘‘school’’ has the meaning given the term 
in section 12(d) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(d)). 
SEC. 747. Specific projects contained in the report of the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives accom-
panying this Act (H. Rept. 111–181) that are considered congres-
sional earmarks for purposes of clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives, when intended to be awarded 
to a for-profit entity, shall be awarded under a full and open 
competition. 
SEC. 748. (a) There is hereby appropriated $350,000,000 of 
which $60,000,000 is provided for purchases of cheese and other 
dairy products under 7 U.S.C. 2036(a) and $290,000,000 is provided 
to the Secretary of Agriculture to assist dairy producers under 
section 10104 of Public Law 107–171. 
(b)(1) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Agriculture may promul-
gate such regulations as are necessary to implement this section. 
(2) PROCEDURE.—The promulgation of the implementing regula-
tions and the administration of this section shall be made without 
regard to— 
(A) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of 
title 5, United States Code; 
(B) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to notices 
of proposed rulemaking and public participation in rulemaking; 
and 
(C) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
known as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act’’). 
(3) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF AGENCY RULEMAKING.—In car-
rying out this section, the Secretary of Agriculture shall use the 
authority provided under section 808 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 749. (a) Section 6(e)(1)(B) of the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1755(e)(1)(B)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2010’’. 
(b) Section 9(f)(5) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(f)(5)) is amended by striking ‘‘2009’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2010’’. 
(c)(1) Section 9(h)(3) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘2009’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2010’’. 
(2) Section 9(h)(4) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘2009’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2010’’. 
Earmarks. 
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(d) Section 18(h)(5) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(h)(5)) is amended by striking ‘‘2009’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2010’’. 
(e) Section 21(g)(1)(A)(ii) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b-1(g)(1)(A)(ii)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘and October 1, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2008, 
and October 1, 2009’’. 
(f) Section 26(d) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769g(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘2009’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2010’’. 
(g)(1) From the funds made available under paragraph (5), 
the Secretary shall carry out demonstration projects to develop 
and test methods of providing access to food for children in urban 
and rural areas during the summer months when schools are not 
in regular session to— 
(A) reduce or eliminate the food insecurity and hunger 
of children; and 
(B) improve the nutritional status of children. 
(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘children’’ means 
low-income children, as specified by the Secretary. 
(3)(A) From the funds made available under paragraph (5), 
the Secretary shall provide for an independent evaluation of the 
demonstration projects carried out under this subsection, which 
shall use rigorous methodologies, including— 
(i) random assignment of children or schools, where prac-
ticable; or 
(ii) if random assignment of children or schools is not 
practicable, quasi-experimental or other methods that are 
capable of producing scientifically valid information regarding 
which projects are effective in achieving the purposes described 
in paragraph (1). 
(B)(i) Not later than December 31, 2010, and each December 
31 thereafter until the completion of the last evaluation conducted 
under subparagraph (A) the Secretary shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the 
Senate a report that includes— 
(I) the status of each demonstration project carried out 
under this subsection; and 
(II) the results of the evaluations conducted under subpara-
graph (A) for the previous fiscal year. 
(ii) Not later than 120 days after the completion of the last 
evaluation conducted under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall 
submit to the Committee on Education and Labor of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
and Forestry of the Senate a report that includes recommendations 
on how to improve children’s access to food during the summer 
months when school is not in regular session. 
(4) The Secretary may use funds made available under para-
graph (5) to pay— 
(A) participant benefits; 
(B) the added administrative expenses incurred by partici-
pating organizations as a result of participating in a project 
under this subsection; 
(C) costs associated with outreach to potential participants 
and potential sponsoring organizations; and 
Deadline. 
Reports. 
Deadlines. 
Reports. 
Definition. 
Children and 
youth. 
Urban and rural 
areas. 
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(D) costs associated with soliciting, administering, moni-
toring, and evaluating each demonstration project carried out 
under this subsection. 
(5)(A) On October 1, 2009, out of any funds in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
transfer to the Secretary to carry out this subsection $85,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
(B) The Secretary shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, 
and shall use to carry out this subsection the funds transferred 
under subparagraph (A), without further appropriation. 
(h)(1)(A) From the funds made available under subparagraph 
(C), the Secretary shall provide assistance through grants to State 
agencies administering the National School Lunch Program under 
the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 
et seq.) with the lowest rates of children certified for free meals 
pursuant to paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 9(b) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(4); 1758(b)(5)) for the purpose of improving such 
rates. 
(B) Under the terms and conditions established by the Sec-
retary, a State receiving grant funds under this subsection may 
use such funds to pay costs related to improving the rate of direct 
certification in such State, including the costs related to— 
(i) making technology improvements; 
(ii) providing technical assistance to local educational agen-
cies; 
(iii) implementing a new or revised direct certification 
system in such State and in the local educational agencies 
of such State; and 
(iv) using multiple public means tested benefits programs 
for the purpose of direct certification. 
(C)(i) On October 1, 2009, out of any funds in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
transfer to the Secretary to carry out this paragraph $22,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
(ii) The Secretary shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, 
and shall use to carry out this paragraph the funds transferred 
under clause (i), without further appropriation. 
(2)(A) From the funds made available under subparagraph (B), 
the Secretary shall provide technical assistance to assist States 
receiving grants under paragraph (1), and other States, as appro-
priate, in improving the rates of direct certification. 
(B)(i) On October 1, 2009, out of any funds in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
transfer to the Secretary to carry out this paragraph $3,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
(ii) The Secretary shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, 
and shall use to carry out this paragraph the funds transferred 
under clause (i), without further appropriation. 
(i)(1) From the funds made available under paragraph (4), 
in carrying out the special supplemental nutrition program for 
women, infants, and children established by section 17 of the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786 et seq.) (in this subsection 
referred to as the ‘‘program’’) during fiscal year 2010, the Secretary 
shall provide performance bonus payments to State agencies that 
demonstrate— 
(A) the highest proportion of breastfed infants, as compared 
to other State agencies participating in the program; or 
Performance 
payments. 
Inter- 
governmental 
relations. 
Effective date. 
Effective date. 
Grants. 
Children and 
youth. 
Effective date. 
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(B) the greatest improvement in proportion of breastfed 
infants, as compared to other State agencies participating in 
the program. 
(2) In providing performance bonus payments to State agencies 
under this subsection, the Secretary shall consider a State agency’s 
proportion of participating fully breastfed infants. 
(3) A State agency that receives a performance bonus under 
paragraph (1)— 
(A) shall treat the funds as program income; and 
(B) may transfer the funds to local agencies for use in 
carrying out the program. 
(4)(A) On October 1, 2009, out of any funds in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
transfer to the Secretary to carry out this subsection $5,000,000. 
(B) The Secretary shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, 
and shall use to carry out this subsection the funds transferred 
under subparagraph (A), without further appropriation. 
(j)(1) From the funds made available under paragraph (5), 
the Secretary shall make payments to State educational agencies 
to award grants to eligible school food authorities for the purchase 
of equipment for schools under the jurisdiction of such authorities. 
(2)(A) Payments under paragraph (1) shall be allocated to State 
educational agencies in a manner proportional with each agency’s 
administrative expense allocation under section 7(a)(2) of the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1776(a)(2)). 
(B) If a State educational agency does not accept or use the 
amounts made available under its allocation in accordance with 
this subsection, the Secretary shall reallocate such amounts to 
other State educational agencies, as the Secretary determines nec-
essary. 
(3)(A) Not later than 180 days after receiving an allocation 
under this subsection, a State educational agency shall award 
grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible school food authorities. 
(B) For the purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘eligible school 
food authority’’ means a school food authority— 
(i) participating in the National School Lunch Program 
established under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Program (42 U.S. C. 1751 et seq.); and 
(ii) that did not receive a grant for equipment assistance 
under the grant program carried out pursuant to the heading 
‘‘Food and Nutrition Service Child Nutrition Programs’’ in title 
I of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment 
Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5). 
(C) To qualify to receive a grant under this subsection, an 
eligible school food authority shall— 
(i) submit an application to a State educational agency 
at such time, in such manner, and containing such information 
as the State educational agency may require; or 
(ii) have submitted an application to receive equipment 
assistance under the grant program carried out pursuant to 
the heading ‘‘Food and Nutrition Service Child Nutrition Pro-
grams’’ in title I of division A of the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public law 111–5). 
(D) In awarding grants to eligible school food authorities, a 
State shall give priority to each eligible school food authority whose 
application demonstrates that in providing equipment assistance 
to schools with funds received under this subsection, it will give 
Definition. 
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Inter- 
governmental 
relations. 
Grants. 
Effective date. 
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priority to schools where not less than 50 percent of the enrolled 
students are eligible for free or reduced price meals under the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 
et seq.). 
(E) Under the terms and conditions established by the Sec-
retary, an eligible school food authority receiving a grant under 
this subsection shall use such funds to purchase equipment for 
schools under the jurisdiction of the school food authority— 
(i) to improve the quality of school meals, consistent with 
the goals of the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans 
published under section 301 of the National Nutrition Moni-
toring and Related Research Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5341); 
(ii) to improve the safety of food served in the school 
meal programs established 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.); 
(iii) to improve the overall energy efficiency of school 
foodservice operations; or 
(iv) for other purposes as established by the Secretary. 
(4) A State educational agency receiving an allocation under 
this subsection may not use more than 5 percent of such allocation 
for administrative costs associated with awarding grants to eligible 
school food authorities in accordance with this subsection. 
(5)(A) On October 1, 2009, out of any funds in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
transfer to the Secretary to carry out this subsection $25,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
(B) The Secretary shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, 
and shall use to carry out this subsection the funds transferred 
under subparagraph (A), without further appropriation. 
(k)(1) The purpose of this subsection is to provide grants, on 
a competitive basis, to State agencies administering the child and 
adult care food program established under section 17 of the Richard 
B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766) (referred 
to in this section as ‘‘the program’’) for the purpose of improving 
the health and nutrition of children in child care settings. 
(2) From the funds made available under paragraph (8), the 
Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to State 
agencies administering the program for the purpose of promoting 
health and nutrition improvement in child care settings. 
(3) In awarding grants under this subsection, the Secretary 
shall give priority to State agencies administering projects under 
the program that carry out each of the authorized uses of funds 
described in paragraph (7). 
(4) A State receiving a grant under this subsection shall use 
not less than 50 percent of such grant funds to award subgrants 
to institutions for the purpose of conducting the activities described 
in paragraph (6). 
(5) For the purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘institution’’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 17(a)(2) of the Richard 
B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.1766(a)(2)). 
(6) To be eligible to receive funds under this subsection, a 
State agency shall submit an application to the Secretary at such 
time, in such manner, and containing such information as the 
Secretary may require, which shall include— 
(A) a plan to improve the quality of food provided in— 
(i) child care centers; and 
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123 STAT. 2136 
PUBLIC LAW 111–80—OCT. 21, 2009 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2997 (S. 1406): 
HOUSE REPORTS: Nos. 111–181 (Comm. on Appropriations) and 111–279 
(Comm. of Conference). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 111–39 (Comm. on Appropriations) accompanying S. 1406. 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 155 (2009): 
July 8, 9, considered and passed House. 
July 30, 31, Aug. 3, 4, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Oct. 7, House agreed to conference report. 
Oct. 8, Senate agreed to conference report. 
(ii) family or group day care homes; and 
(B) a description of— 
(i) the procedures by which the State agency will use 
the grant received under this subsection to award sub-
grants to institutions; and 
(ii) the criteria that the State agency will use in 
awarding such subgrants. 
(7) In addition to such other activities as the Secretary deter-
mines to be appropriate, State agencies and institutions may use 
funds provided under this subsection for activities that— 
(A) promote nutrition and physical activity in child care 
settings and that reflect the recommendations of— 
(i) the most recent version of the Dietary Guidelines 
for Americans published under section 301 of the National 
Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 
(7 U.S.C. 5341); and 
(ii) the most recent scientific knowledge; 
(B) provide technical assistance and training to sponsors 
and providers of child care centers and family or group day 
care homes in implementing State or local initiatives designed 
to improve the health and nutrition of children; 
(C) perform outreach campaigns on the State or local level 
that are designed to increase access to the program in under-
served areas and populations; and 
(D) make innovative use of technology to provide training 
and education to promote the nutrition, physical activity, and 
health of children. 
(8)(A) On October 1, 2009, out of any funds in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
transfer to the Secretary to carry out this subsection $8,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
(B) The Secretary shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, 
and shall use to carry out this subsection the funds transferred 
under subparagraph (A), without further appropriation. 
(l) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2010’’. 
Approved October 21, 2009. 
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