113 S2389 PCS: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015
U.S. Senate
2014-05-22
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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, 2015, and for other purposes,
namely:<enum>I</enum><appropriations-major commented="no" id="H64CABC02F37545C6BA3FE80A69700FE2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">AGRICULTURAL
PROGRAMS</header></appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H9D9A896C2E9346FC9B5E432AD7BB27F4"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Production, Processing and
Marketing</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H0871750BB54E4B3780A49E79256C4DDF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the Secretary</header><subheader>(including transfers of funds)</subheader><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary,
$46,466,000, of which not to exceed
$5,086,000 shall be available for the immediate
Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $502,000
shall be available for the Office of Tribal Relations; not to exceed
$1,507,000 shall be available for the Office of
Homeland Security and Emergency Coordination; not to exceed
$1,217,000 shall be available for the Office of
Advocacy and Outreach; not to exceed $26,120,000
shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Administration, of which $25,311,000 shall be
available for Departmental Administration 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; not to exceed
$3,897,000 shall be available for 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; and not to exceed
$8,137,000 shall be available for the Office of
Communications:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary of
Agriculture is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the
Office of the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
no appropriation for any office shall be increased or decreased by more than 5
percent:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
not to exceed $11,000 of the amount made
available under this paragraph for the immediate Office of the Secretary shall
be available for official reception and representation expenses, not otherwise
provided for, as determined by the Secretary:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
the amount made available under this heading for Departmental Administration
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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
funds made available under this heading for the Office of Assistant Secretary
for Congressional Relations may be transferred to agencies of the Department of
Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency level:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
no funds made available under this heading for the Office of Assistant
Secretary for Congressional Relations 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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 Representatives a report on the Department's
contracting out policies, including agency budgets for contracting
out.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HB1DCF09E24DC4FE3991A41EA23081350"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Executive
operations</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H1D7242B13F4346A2804A8FC9C369089B"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the chief economist</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
Chief Economist, $16,854,000, of which
$4,000,000 shall be for grants or cooperative
agreements for policy research under 7 U.S.C. 3155 and shall be obligated
within 90 days of the enactment of this Act.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H312605C56579446895CEE098DE5A7F2E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">national appeals division</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the National
Appeals Division,
$13,430,000.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HFF7C08E15ED04279B34A96BB284229E3"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of budget and program
analysis</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses of the Office of Budget and Program Analysis,
$9,305,000.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H5EEDC35F32DB4260A53C544C28DD7FCD"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the chief information
officer</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Office of the Chief Information Officer,
$45,199,000, of which not less than $28,000,000 is for cybersecurity requirements
of the
Department.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H4E65578E8A6F4502817B18CE94F68B7C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the chief financial
officer</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer,
$6,080,000.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HCF80BDDF17534C36B247C00F17D98DCF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the assistant secretary for civil
rights</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights,
$898,000.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HA849CF1F3B6147ECB18EB80E47CCE657"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of civil rights</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of
Civil Rights,
$24,236,000.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HC4E4E8A601D9414DB28527CC0269FFCB"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agriculture buildings and facilities</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H18A77C384ACD4A54A2A0D70E0DCB3A24"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payment of space
rental and related costs pursuant to <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/92/313">Public Law 92–313</external-xref>, including authorities
pursuant to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Administrator of General
Services to the Department of Agriculture under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/40/121">40 U.S.C. 121</external-xref>, 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 for the operation, maintenance,
improvement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facilities, and for
related costs, $64,844,000, to remain available
until expended, for buildings operations and
maintenance expenses:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary may
use unobligated prior year balances of an agency or office that are no longer
available for new obligation to cover shortfalls incurred in prior year rental
payments for such agency or office.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H95B4247D7AD4489790516054513566E3"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hazardous materials
management</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HAC29A1203FB34E23AA37395F509DFA11"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Department of Agriculture, to comply with the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et
seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6901">42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.</external-xref>),
$3,600,000, to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HBC5B6D589BA643E08275571B3990A487"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of inspector general</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of
Inspector General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector General Act
of 1978, $97,240,000, including such sums as may
be necessary for contracting and other arrangements with public agencies and
private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of
1978, and including not to exceed $125,000 for
certain confidential operational expenses, including the payment of informants,
to be expended under the direction of the Inspector General pursuant to Public
Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Public Law
97–98.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H7E8275D878C14BFA848CD068E06D6BD9"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the general counsel</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
General Counsel, $47,567,000.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idCC64F126296F4962AF5D13E10655DD20"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of ethics</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, $3,867,000.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HA21FC18F279A435C86ED332880989D6C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for research,
education and economics</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education
and Economics,
$898,000.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H3604225C08FC41B3A8AE97BD5C9BC61D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Economic research service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Economic
Research Service,
$85,373,000.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H624E823ECECD42AF94B6EAA1AC926D1C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National agricultural statistics
service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the National Agricultural Statistics Service,
$178,154,000, of which up to
$48,044,000 shall be available until expended
for the Census of Agriculture: <proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That amounts be made available for the Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct the Current
Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 2204 g(d) and (f).</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H7F56176CAA244570B45F296662628C42"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agricultural research
service</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H5C951DBE32684AF2B1E9DEE6867EA215"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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 exceed
25 percent of the total value of the land or interests transferred out of
Federal ownership, $1,139,673,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That appropriations
hereunder shall be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and
the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement only:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the
construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but unless
otherwise 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
the limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not apply to
modernization or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, Maryland:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting easements at the
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replacement of buildings needed to
carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/113a">21 U.S.C. 113a</external-xref>):
<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso>
That appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting easements at any
Agricultural Research Service location for the construction of a research
facility by a non-Federal entity for use by, and acceptable to, the
Agricultural Research Service and a condition of the easements shall be that
upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the Secretary, subject to the
availability of funds herein, if the Secretary finds that acceptance of the
facility is in the interest of the United States:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
funds may be received from any State, other political subdivision,
organization, or individual for the purpose of establishing or operating any
research facility or research project of the Agricultural Research Service, as
authorized by law.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H77440AB629584294A8874F64F913A2EF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National institute of food and
agriculture</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HABE58EEA8CFC4EEEBEBC1A75C78E5E7C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research and education
activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payments to
agricultural experiment stations, for cooperative forestry and other research,
for facilities, and for other expenses and notwithstanding section 1492 of the
National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3371">7 U.S.C. 3371</external-xref>) and section 7128(c) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7
U.S.C. 3371 note),
$787,545,000, which shall be for the purposes,
and in the amounts, specified in the table titled “National Institute of Food
and Agriculture, Research and Education Activities” in the report accompanying
this Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That funds for research
grants for 1994 institutions, education grants for 1890 institutions, capacity
building for non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, the agriculture and food
research initiative, Critical Agricultural Materials Act, veterinary medicine
loan repayment, multicultural scholars, graduate fellowship and institution
challenge grants, and grants management systems shall remain available until
expended:
<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso>
That each institution eligible to receive funds under the Evans-Allen program
receives no less than $1,000,000:
<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso>
That funds for education grants for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving
institutions be made available to individual eligible institutions or consortia
of eligible institutions with funds awarded equally to each of the States of
Alaska and Hawaii:
<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso>
That funds for education grants for 1890 institutions shall be made available
to institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and
3222.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id5AAB3B64FE104D58B05D85D2330561B8"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and
universities endowment fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the Hispanic-Serving Agricultural
Colleges and Universities Endowment Fund under section 1456(b) (7 U.S.C.
3243(b)) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension and Teaching Policy
Act of 1977, $10,000,000, to remain available
until expended.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HF46C711239D4421F93A11ABCF97EC0A8"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Native american institutions endowment
fund</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HED8A669F87764929A075DAF674B4772F"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the Native American Institutions
Endowment Fund authorized by <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/382">Public Law 103–382</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/301">7 U.S.C. 301</external-xref> note),
$11,880,000, to remain available until
expended.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H80A5B97051AD4B15B00655F5EDAB3D63"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payments to States, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the Northern
Marianas, and American Samoa and notwithstanding section 1492 of the National
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3371) and section 7128(c) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C.
3371 note), $472,686,000,
which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table
titled “National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Extension Activities” in
the report accompanying this Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That funds for facility
improvements at 1890 institutions shall remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso>
That institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative
extension receive no less than $1,000,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
funds for cooperative extension under sections 3(b) and (c) of the Smith-Lever
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/343">7 U.S.C. 343(b)</external-xref> and (c)) and section 208(c) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/93/471">Public Law 93–471</external-xref> shall be
available for retirement and employees’ compensation costs for extension
agents.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HB8FB7BD863404265BC7DCE7D4872228C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Integrated activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the integrated research, education, and
extension grants programs, including necessary administrative expenses and
notwithstanding section 1492 of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3371">7 U.S.C. 3371</external-xref>) and section
7128(c) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3371">7 U.S.C. 3371</external-xref> note),
$32,217,000, which shall be for the purposes,
and in the amounts, specified in the table titled <quote>National Institute of Food
and Agriculture, Integrated Activities</quote> in the report accompanying this Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That funds for the Food
and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall remain available until September 30,
2016.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H46553F219D454276A5BABD6745BBA7AE"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for marketing
and regulatory programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and
Regulatory Programs,
$898,000.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H78EA3FFAB7304A54B68478248694164A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Animal and plant health inspection
service</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H5C14F547DFAE42E6AA1BF1E6042C8D5C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and
expenses</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H7ED82118A42F44D0A0126647A5B72D5A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, including up to
$30,000 for representation allowances and for
expenses pursuant to the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4085">22 U.S.C. 4085</external-xref>),
$872,414,000, of which
$485,000, to
<added-phrase committee-id="SSAP00" reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>remain<added-phrase committee-id="SSAP00" reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase> available
until expended, shall be available for the control of outbreaks of insects,
plant diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals and birds
(<quote>contingency fund</quote>) to the extent necessary to meet emergency
conditions; of which $11,575,000, to remain
available until expended, shall be used for the cotton pests program for cost
share purposes or for debt retirement for active eradication zones; of which
$35,401,000, to remain available until expended,
shall be for Animal Health Technical Services; of which
$705,000 shall be for activities under the
authority of the Horse Protection Act of 1970, as amended (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1831">15 U.S.C. 1831</external-xref>); of
which $52,529,000, to remain available until
expended, shall be used to support avian health; of which
$4,251,000, to remain available until expended,
shall be for information technology infrastructure; of which
$152,667,000, to remain available until
expended, shall be for specialty crop pests; of which,
$8,883,000, to remain available until expended,
shall be for field crop and rangeland ecosystem pests; of which
$54,304,000, to remain available until expended,
shall be for tree and wood pests; of which
$3,723,000, to remain available until expended,
shall be for the National Veterinary Stockpile; of which up to
$1,500,000, to remain available until expended,
shall be for the scrapie program for indemnities; of which
$1,500,000, to remain available until expended,
shall be for the wildlife damage management program for aviation safety:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That of amounts available
under this heading for wildlife services methods development,
$1,000,000 shall remain available until
expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
of amounts available under this heading for the screwworm program,
$4,990,000 shall remain available until
expended:
<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso>
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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
in addition, in emergencies 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
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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to law (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2250">7 U.S.C. 2250</external-xref>) 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.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In fiscal year 2015,
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
reimbursed to this account, to remain available until expended, without further
appropriation, for providing such assistance, goods, or
services.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HABA9C2DAA7E94A2CBA1B86B2F0D87008"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Buildings and facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For plans, construction, repair, preventive
maintenance, environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, and
purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2250">7 U.S.C. 2250</external-xref>, and
acquisition of land as authorized by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/428a">7 U.S.C. 428a</external-xref>,
$3,175,000, to remain available until
expended.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H5A624AB2851349C383CED43076AFDC9A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agricultural marketing
service</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H4FB259233AAE4B93AE56B7167E4EAA0E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Marketing services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Agricultural
Marketing Service, $81,634,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That this appropriation
shall be available pursuant to law (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2250">7 U.S.C. 2250</external-xref>) 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.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Fees may
be collected for the cost of standardization activities, as established by
regulation pursuant to law (31 U.S.C.
9701).</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H5A2EA7CEBCFB46359C231CAE2A42AEB7"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on administrative
expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not to exceed
$60,709,000 (from fees collected) shall be
obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That if crop size is
understated and/or other uncontrollable 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.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HD57EDA9E25BA4F1E86691AC6AECA362B"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds for strengthening markets, income,
and supply (section 32)</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H045BE27C0D184E559347D6630E90334C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds available under
section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/612c">7 U.S.C. 612c</external-xref>), shall be used only
for commodity program expenses as authorized therein, and other related
operating expenses, 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
$20,317,000 for formulation and administration
of marketing agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing
Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of
1961.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H397579225AF348B581E92C3E29CF7301"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payments to states and
possessions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payments to
departments of agriculture, bureaus and departments of markets, and similar
agencies for marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural
Marketing Act of 1946 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1623">7 U.S.C. 1623(b)</external-xref>),
$1,363,000.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H127206AB293040DE8392F53E597AC339"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grain inspection, packers and stockyards
administration</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H7DABDF19FD4145A79A23D9CFC90BA56E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Grain
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration,
$44,017,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That this appropriation
shall be available pursuant to law (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2250">7 U.S.C. 2250</external-xref>) 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.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HEE41229439B44CFB86DF941A849EEDF9"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on inspection and weighing
services expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not to
exceed $50,000,000 (from fees collected) shall
be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and weighing
services:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HD6602ACED1954A8A99F48DB87E3127A4"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for food
safety</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety,
$816,000.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H5FB5198BD5374FA8900448647BE79F4D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Food safety and inspection
service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1766">7 U.S.C. 1766</external-xref>), $1,022,770,000; and in
addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this
account from fees collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as
authorized by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act
of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/138f">7 U.S.C. 138f</external-xref>):
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That funds provided for
the Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system shall remain
available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
no fewer than 148 full-time equivalent positions shall be employed during
fiscal year 2015 for purposes dedicated solely to inspections and enforcement
related to the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
the Food Safety and Inspection Service shall continue implementation of section
11016 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/246">Public Law 110–246</external-xref> as further clarified by the amendments made in
section 12106 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/79">Public Law 113–79</external-xref>:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2250">7 U.S.C. 2250</external-xref>) 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.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HB5BBE4D6916141F3B97FA526D7E8A9E8"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for farm and
foreign agricultural services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services,
$898,000.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H2787306338554BBEA98F4F14356799F4"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Farm service
agency</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H8E503CA8F872422FBE7F963250C4B6CB"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and
expenses</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HE7BD3D69D3D04AC29236DBD5C0E082EC"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
of the Farm Service Agency, $1,182,544,000, of which $32,500,000 shall be for
Modernize
and Innovate the Delivery of Agricultural Systems:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
other funds made available to the Agency for authorized activities may be
advanced to and merged with this account:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
funds made available to county committees shall remain available until
expended: <proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That none of the funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be used to close Farm Service
Agency county offices: <proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That none of the funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be used to relocate county
based employees without prior notification and approval of the Committee
on Appropriations.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H7B3597D5B7B44F9E91269CD8C8B9D703"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State mediation grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the
Agricultural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5101">7 U.S.C. 5101–5106</external-xref>),
$3,404,000.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H1BFA137BD043458A936C2EDDBACA647A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grassroots source water protection
program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
to carry out wellhead or groundwater protection activities under section 1240O
of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839bb-2">16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2</external-xref>),
$6,500,000, to remain available until
expended.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H6A4BADA9035B42158A1A8755B13C36BA"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dairy indemnity
program</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HD26F9CCB0BD54CDDBF6ED7274661C642"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfer of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/387">Public Law 106–387</external-xref>, 114 Stat.
1549A–12).</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H0C055E0344844A7BB69438C7066D68F2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program
Account</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HFBDB671F08BA4DA0880F4F182EB3D503"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For gross obligations
for the principal amount of direct and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922
et seq.) and operating (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1941">7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.</external-xref>) loans, emergency loans (7 U.S.C.
1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land acquisition loans (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/488">25 U.S.C. 488</external-xref>), boll weevil
loans (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1989">7 U.S.C. 1989</external-xref>), guaranteed conservation loans (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1924">7 U.S.C. 1924 et seq.</external-xref>),
and Indian highly fractionated land loans (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/488">25 U.S.C. 488</external-xref>) to be available from
funds in the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows:
$2,000,000,000 for guaranteed farm ownership
loans and $1,500,000,000 for farm ownership direct
loans; $1,393,443,000 for unsubsidized
guaranteed operating loans and $1,252,004,000
for direct operating loans; emergency loans,
$34,667,000; Indian tribe land acquisition
loans, $2,000,000; guaranteed conservation
loans, $150,000,000; Indian highly fractionated
land loans, $10,000,000; and for boll weevil
eradication program loans, $60,000,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary shall
deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose of boll weevil
eradication program loans.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HBA6752F4D9714A459CC164CB17BB8E4F"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans
and grants, including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm operating
loans, $63,101,000 for direct operating loans,
$14,770,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed
operating loans, emergency loans, $856,000, to
remain available until expended; and for individual development account grants,
$2,500,000: <proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That for the purposes of prioritizing applications of qualified entities for individual
development account grants the
Secretary shall provide the same priority for applicants that have a track
record serving veterans as those that serve socially disadvantaged farmers
or ranchers.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HB6085D585B824A5193EAD98EFCC97B18"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition, for administrative expenses
necessary to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$314,918,000, of which
$306,998,000 shall be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for <quote>Farm Service Agency, Salaries and
Expenses</quote>.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H8E9D9665A1E14158B674B6A48418586B"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds appropriated by this Act to the
Agricultural Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, operating and
conservation direct loans and guaranteed loans may be transferred among these
programs:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in
advance of any transfer.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HA0A9DBBA321644729F3D6C77A7E7DC6D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Risk management agency</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Risk
Management Agency, $76,779,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso>
That not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for
official reception and representation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C.
1506(i).</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-major commented="no" id="H1583FA0504DD4AEE9A0259DCC6621F7A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Corporations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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 Government 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.</text></appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HD7CBA604D69043F5A3179E79387812DD"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal crop insurance corporation
fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payments as
authorized by section 516 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1516">7 U.S.C. 1516</external-xref>),
such sums as may be necessary, to remain available until
expended.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H75A361BB82254EE1B04D5F2C582D7314"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commodity credit corporation
fund</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H638258AFE997425CB30117718B1C52AC"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reimbursement for net realized
losses</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HCD4FC4FB7E554496BDD7D535600523B9"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/713a-11">15 U.S.C. 713a–11</external-xref>):
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That of the funds
available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under section 11 of the Commodity
Credit Corporation Charter Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/714i">15 U.S.C. 714i</external-xref>) 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.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HDBB8071DA40B46349D2A1383511908A9"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hazardous waste
management</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H4B985D8C114F4B17942853F62E84E90E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(limitation on expenses)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9607">42 U.S.C. 9607(g)</external-xref>), and section 6001 of the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C.
6961).</text></appropriations-small><enum>II</enum><appropriations-major commented="no" id="HFF11387AD6E046F89F0E41FA34BD9EE8"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conservation
programs</header></appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HE454A477D85C4FBD80C2934623DC2966"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for natural
resources and environment</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H7B69AA8FD90F44D8B381BE3CB92990AB"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment,
$898,000.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H1BF4FF6774D64152A7AFAD07FB239908"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Natural resources conservation
service</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H92D5440F57944F2C89AF1A77C284ADF2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conservation operations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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; dissemination 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,
$849,295,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2016:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That appropriations
hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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: <proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That of the amounts made available under this heading, $5,600,000, shall remain available until
expended for the authorities under 16 U.S.C. 1001–1005 and 1007–1009 for
authorized ongoing watershed projects with a primary purpose of providing
water to rural communities.</text></appropriations-small><enum>III</enum><appropriations-major commented="no" id="H1C32700CB2684F0EAEFC675FED8C41DF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural development
programs</header></appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HB6F830174A2847F590992AEE6BB62391"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for rural
development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development,
$898,000.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HE07777354CE84A35954C7E781130EA59"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural development salaries and
expenses</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H9FCC9F4BED8C4B0BB59BC672DFCE3BB5"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
for carrying out the administration and implementation of programs in the Rural
Development mission area, including activities with institutions concerning the
development and operation of agricultural cooperatives; and for cooperative
agreements; $228,898,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That no less than $15,000,000 shall be for the Comprehensive Loan Accounting System: <proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, funds appropriated under this heading may be used for
advertising and promotional activities that support the Rural Development
mission area:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
any balances 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.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H1B629F8E74184D65A1DCE5504ABB5209"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural housing
service</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H9037457964CC48349DA87FF69D06F949"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural housing insurance fund program
account</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H1EBA438E6D3342319A9DD9C8065C775E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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: $900,000,000 shall
be for direct loans and $24,000,000,000 shall be
for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $26,279,000
for section 504 housing repair loans;
$28,432,000 for section 515 rental housing;
$150,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed
multi-family housing loans; $10,000,000 for
credit sales of single family housing acquired property;
$5,000,000 for section 523 self-help housing
land development loans; and $5,000,000 for
section 524 site development loans.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans,
including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 loans,
$66,420,000 shall be for direct loans; section
504 housing repair loans, $3,687,000; and
repair, rehabilitation, and new construction of section 515 rental housing,
$9,812,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That to support the loan
program level for section 538 guaranteed loans made available under this
heading the Secretary may charge or adjust any fees to cover the projected cost
of such loan guarantees pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Reform Act of
1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/661">2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.</external-xref>), and the interest on such loans may not be
subsidized:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
applicants in communities that have a current rural area waiver under section
541 of the Housing Act of 1949 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1490q">42 U.S.C. 1490q</external-xref>) shall be treated as living in
a rural area for purposes of section 502 guaranteed loans provided under this
heading:
<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso>
That of the amounts available under this paragraph for section 502 direct loans,
no
less than $5,000,000 shall be available for
direct loans for individuals whose homes will be built pursuant to a program
funded with a mutual and self-help housing grant authorized by section 523 of
the Housing Act of 1949 until June 1, 2015.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition, for the cost of direct loans,
grants, and contracts, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486,
$16,017,000, to remain available until expended,
for direct farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and
contracts:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That any balances
available for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be transferred to and merged
with this account.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition,
for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct and guaranteed
loan programs, $415,100,000 shall be transferred
to and merged with the appropriation for <quote>Rural Development, Salaries and
Expenses</quote>.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H4797EAAE69B34633805EEBDA27D1FF15"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rental assistance program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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,
$1,093,500,000; 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That rental assistance
agreements entered into or renewed during the current fiscal year shall be
funded for a 1-year period:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That rental assistance contracts will not be renewed within the 12-month contract period: <proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
any unexpended balances remaining at the end of such 1-year agreements may be
transferred and used for the purposes of any debt reduction; maintenance,
repair, or rehabilitation of any existing projects; preservation; and rental
assistance activities authorized under title V of the Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
rental assistance provided under agreements entered into prior to fiscal year
2015 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
such recaptured 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.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H1676375AE99D4E8095E0422C151D3507"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Multi-family housing revitalization program
account</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the rural housing
voucher program as authorized under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but
notwithstanding subsection (b) of such section, and for additional costs to
conduct a demonstration program for the preservation and revitalization of
multi-family rental housing properties described in this paragraph,
$28,000,000, to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That of the funds made
available under this heading, $8,000,000, shall
be available for rural housing vouchers to any low-income household (including
those not receiving rental assistance) residing in a property financed with a
section 515 loan which has been prepaid after September 30, 2005:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
the amount of such voucher shall be the difference between comparable market
rent for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid rent for such unit:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
funds made available for such vouchers shall be subject to the availability of
annual appropriations:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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 program for the preservation and revitalization of
multi-family rental housing properties described in this paragraph:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
of the funds made available under this heading,
$20,000,000 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
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, subordinating, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
the Secretary shall as part of the preservation and revitalization agreement
obtain a restrictive use agreement consistent with the terms of the
restructuring:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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 administrative expenses for activities
funded under this heading.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HF1C892F52B0644309EBC349228254C65"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mutual and self-help housing
grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants and
contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42
U.S.C. 1490c), $25,000,000, to remain available
until expended.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HC4AB48BE963B4DC7A78F4A8395B51B13"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural housing assistance
grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants for very
low-income housing repair and rural housing preservation made by the Rural
Housing Service, as authorized by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1474">42 U.S.C. 1474</external-xref>, and 1490m,
$32,239,000, to remain available until expended.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H285CB1E9BD4E4EEFA8B894EEA0EF2020"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural community facilities program
account</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H27CD671C38704445A728B1008B86D2B2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For gross obligations
for the principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as authorized by section
306 and
described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act, $2,200,000,000 for direct loans and
$75,000,000 for guaranteed loans.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of guaranteed loans, including
the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, $3,585,000, to remain
available until expended.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HD2D0879B60A149AC864094E9DA5BA074"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of 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,
$28,745,000, to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That
$5,967,000 of the amount appropriated under this
heading shall be available for a Rural Community Development Initiative:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
such funds shall be used solely to develop the capacity and ability of private,
nonprofit community-based housing and community development organizations,
low-income rural communities, and Federally Recognized Native American Tribes
to undertake projects to improve housing, community facilities, community and
economic development projects in rural areas:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
such intermediary organizations shall provide matching funds from other
sources, including Federal funds for related activities, in an amount not less
than funds provided:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
$5,778,000 of the amount appropriated under this
heading shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural communities with
extreme unemployment and severe economic depression (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/387">Public Law 106–387</external-xref>), with
up to 5 percent for administration and capacity building in the State rural
development offices:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
$4,000,000 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:
<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso>
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.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H8DC47D1D54014C028BB53F99CDED31E5"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural business—Cooperative
service</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HF58F6F27268845BD834910D8951C6046"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural business program
account</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HAF92552C21E845A181A1C73913F48AEC"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of loan
guarantees and grants, for the rural business development programs authorized
by section 310B and described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and (g) of section
310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act,
$78,527,000, to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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
$3,000,000 shall be for grants to the Delta
Regional Authority (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2009aa">7 U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.</external-xref>) for any Rural Community
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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
$4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this
heading shall be for business grants to benefit Federally Recognized 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:
<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso>
That sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
are
not applicable to funds made available under this
heading.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HC053A8568EB9479F8604CE6FCBD0E86D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Intermediary Relending Program Fund</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HFB1E37B643684E029265F4AC05CFD488"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfer of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by the Intermediary
Relending Program Fund (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1936b">7 U.S.C. 1936b</external-xref>), $18,889,000.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of direct loans, $5,818,000, as authorized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1936b">7 U.S.C. 1936b</external-xref>), of which
$531,000 shall be available through June 30,
2015, for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes; and of which
$1,078,000 shall be available through June 30,
2015, for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as determined in accordance with
<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/100/460">Public Law 100–460</external-xref>):
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That such costs,
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition, for administrative expenses to
carry out the direct loan programs, $4,439,000
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for <quote>Rural
Development, Salaries and Expenses</quote>.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H8E29EC76870744BAB67C212D6527DCF0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural economic development loans program
account</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H2AF2D5DDB0324889AF119CB435A2937B"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including rescission of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Of the funds derived from interest on the
cushion of credit payments, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936, $158,000,000 shall
not be obligated and $158,000,000 are
rescinded.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HB76B8D3AB9324111A870C11610E4D276"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural cooperative development
grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For rural cooperative
development grants authorized under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1932">7 U.S.C. 1932</external-xref>),
$26,050,000, of which
$2,250,000 shall be for cooperative agreements
for the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That not to exceed
$3,000,000 shall be for grants for cooperative
development centers, individual cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives that
serve socially disadvantaged groups and a majority of the boards of directors
or governing boards of which are comprised of individuals who are members of
socially disadvantaged groups; and of which
$15,000,000, to remain available until expended,
shall be for value-added agricultural product market development grants, as
authorized by section 231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7
U.S.C. 1632a).</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H498C210F45E14FF4A30FCC12FD5263D4"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural energy for america
program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of a
program of loan guarantees, 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), $1,350,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the cost of loan
guarantees, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H980D67CC4BB3455885E32CBBDB669A65"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural utilities
service</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HB99124A67EFB40D5BA4B039AF9FBBC4D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural water and waste disposal program
account</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H975781EBD00D465FBAC24B4CCC6C12F3"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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 Development Act,
$463,230,000, to remain available until
expended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000
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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That
$66,500,000 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):
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act may be provided to a consortium formed pursuant to section 325
of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/83">Public Law 105–83</external-xref>:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
not more than 2 percent of the funding provided for section 306D of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by the State of Alaska
for training and technical assistance programs and not more than 2 percent of
the funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act may be used by a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of
<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/83">Public Law 105–83</external-xref> for training and technical assistance programs:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
not to exceed $19,000,000 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 determination of extreme need, of which
$6,000,000 shall be made available for a grant
to a qualified non-profit multi-state regional technical 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 assistance for rural water systems for tribal communities:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
not to exceed $15,919,000 of the amount
appropriated under this heading shall be for contracting with qualified
national organizations for a circuit rider program to provide technical
assistance for rural water systems:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be for solid
waste management grants:
<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso>
That $10,000,000 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 Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/918a">7 U.S.C. 918a</external-xref>):
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
any prior year balances for high-energy cost grants authorized by section 19 of
the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/918a">7 U.S.C. 918a</external-xref>) shall be transferred to
and merged with the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HD63000DD207C4EC3B6E872469CB81818"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural electrification and
telecommunications loans program account</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H9D40BCDED5EA4D85A5624EC6F0921FD5"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfer of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The principal amount of direct and
guaranteed loans as authorized by sections 305 and 306 of the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936) shall be made as follows:
loans made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural electric,
$5,000,000,000; guaranteed underwriting loans
pursuant to section 313A, $500,000,000; 5 percent rural telecommunications loans,
cost
of money rural telecommunications loans, and for loans made pursuant to
section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications loans,
$690,000,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That up to
$2,000,000,000 shall be used for the
construction, acquisition, or improvement of fossil-fueled electric generating
plants (whether new or existing) that utilize carbon sequestration
systems.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition, for
administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan
programs, $34,478,000, which shall be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for <quote>Rural Development,
Salaries and Expenses</quote>.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HC615B6BFCE344F30A4B27E6759F40917"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Distance learning, telemedicine, and
broadband program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the
principal amount of broadband telecommunication loans,
$34,430,000.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants for telemedicine and distance
learning services in rural areas, as authorized by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950aaa">7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq.</external-xref>,
$24,323,000, to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That
$3,000,000 shall be made available for grants
authorized by 379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
funding provided under this heading for grants under 379G of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act may only be provided to entities that meet all
of the eligibility criteria for a consortium as established by this section.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of broadband loans, as
authorized by section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act,
$6,435,000, to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the cost of direct
loans shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition,
$10,372,000, 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.</text></appropriations-small><enum>IV</enum><appropriations-major commented="no" id="H2334FCB9CACA4E7DA840056597FBAC3D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Domestic food
programs</header></appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H9D768F821FD74C3390390E109E78D633"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the under secretary for food,
nutrition and consumer services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services,
$816,000.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H9E2C3666B7D9420183D314E1F67DA65D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Food and nutrition
service</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HB53B7DE32B074FD8B5CB7C81A3AC38BF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Child nutrition
programs</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HF12CA31E40CD4C059AF5D6C2292612EE"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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;
$20,497,000,000, to remain available through
September 30, 2016, of which such sums as are made available under section
14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law
110–246), as amended by this Act, shall be merged with and available for the
same time period and purposes as provided herein:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That of the total amount
available, $17,004,000 shall be available to
carry out section 19 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et
seq.):
<proviso><italic> Provided further,</italic></proviso>
That of the total amount available, $25,000,000
shall be available to provide competitive grants to State agencies for
subgrants to local educational agencies and schools to purchase the equipment
needed to serve healthier meals, improve food safety, and to help support the
establishment, maintenance, or expansion of the school breakfast
program.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HE14B5B94D4B44AF4AD43F7532C4CCA7C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special supplemental nutrition program for
women, infants, and children (wic)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out the
special supplemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the Child
Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1786">42 U.S.C. 1786</external-xref>),
$6,623,000,000, to remain available through
September 30, 2016, of which such sums as are necessary to increase the
contingency reserve to $150,000,000 shall be placed in reserve, to
remain available until expended, to be allocated as the Secretary deemed
necessary, notwithstanding section 17(i) of such Act, to support
participation should cost or participation exceed budget estimates:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That notwithstanding
section 17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1786">42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10)</external-xref>),
not less than $60,000,000 shall be used for
breastfeeding peer counselors and other related activities,
$14,000,000 shall be used for infrastructure,
and $30,000,000 shall be used for management
information systems:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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: <proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That upon termination of a federally-mandated vendor moratorium and subject to terms and
conditions established by the Secretary, the Secretary may waive the
requirement of 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the request of a State agency.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HA220FB549F574C9A9538E0EAA2CD51E0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Supplemental nutrition assistance
program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
to carry out the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2011">7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.</external-xref>),
$82,251,387,000, of which
$3,000,000,000, to remain available through
September 30, 2017, shall be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and
at such times as may become necessary to carry out program operations:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That funds available for the contingency reserve under the heading <quote>Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program</quote> of Division A of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/76">Public Law 113–76</external-xref> shall be available
until September 30, 2016: <proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That funds provided
herein shall be expended in accordance with section 16 of the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
of the funds made available under this heading,
$998,000 may be used to provide nutrition
education services to State agencies and Federally recognized tribes
participating in the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
this appropriation shall be subject to any work registration or workfare
requirements as may be required by law:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
funds made available for Employment and Training under this heading shall
remain available through September 30, 2016: <proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That funds made available under this heading for a study on Indian tribal administration of
nutrition programs, as provided in title IV of the Agricultural Act of
2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/79">Public Law 113–79</external-xref>), and a study of the removal of cash benefits in
Puerto Rico, as provided in title IV of the Agricultural Act of 2014
(<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/79">Public Law 113–79</external-xref>) shall be available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
funds made available under this heading for section 28(d)(1) (nutrition education
and obesity grants) and section 27(a) (The Emergency Food Assistance
Program) of the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008 shall remain available through September 30,
2016: <proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That funds made available under this heading for employment and training pilot projects, as
provided in title IV of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/79">Public Law 113–79</external-xref>),
shall remain available through September 30, 2018:<proviso><italic> Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H10521FC9D0FC49EAAA903ABD81DA8437"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commodity assistance program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out disaster
assistance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as authorized by section
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 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/188">Public Law 108–188</external-xref>); and the Farmers'
Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition
Act of 1966, $275,701,000, to remain available
through September 30, 2016:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That none of these funds
shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for
commodities donated to the program:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective with funds made available
in fiscal year 2015 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, 2016:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
of the funds made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act
of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2036">7 U.S.C. 2036(a)</external-xref>), the Secretary may use up to 10 percent for costs
associated with the distribution of commodities.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HBF792A746AF54C37867F0B10F886F389"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nutrition programs
administration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
administrative expenses of the Food and Nutrition Service for carrying out any
domestic nutrition assistance program,
$155,000,000, of which $2,800,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the
appropriation for <quote>Food and Nutrition Service, Commodity Assistance Program</quote> to begin service in six additional States that have plans approved by the Department for the
commodity supplemental food program but are not currently participating:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That of the funds
provided herein, $2,000,000 shall be used for
the purposes of section 4404 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/171">Public Law 107–171</external-xref>, as amended by section 4401
of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/246">Public Law 110–246</external-xref>.</text></appropriations-small><enum>V</enum><appropriations-major commented="no" id="H643F9DE6805B49098E661F1F61A695F2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Foreign assistance and related
programs</header></appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="HF19F013EC61D473D97FA73D9CC7C1B64"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Foreign agricultural
service</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H35D1CA46ECE8451FA8E7A71CC6F1B161"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and
expenses</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H7066D8E7E0BF4464885D9E0ADB36299A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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), $182,797,000, of which no more than 6 percent will remain available until
September 30, 2016, for overseas operations to include the payment of
locally employed staff:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1737">7 U.S.C. 1737</external-xref>) and the foreign assistance
programs of the United States Agency for International Development:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
funds made available for middle-income country training programs, funds made
available for the Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology
Fellowship program, 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.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HC3A9E03DAA6B4B3F98E77CAB46CE9AFB"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Food for peace title i direct credit and
food for progress program account</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HBEC1AD883CD3480CB8C986D589784A6A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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,
$2,528,000, shall be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for <quote>Farm Service Agency, Salaries and
Expenses</quote>:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That of the unobligated balances provided pursuant to Title I of the Food for Peace Act,
$13,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded: <proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget
or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HBF97C74E1DA4485EA57A64D594B8ED2D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Food for peace title ii
grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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, as amended), for commodities supplied in connection with dispositions
abroad under title II of said Act,
$1,466,000,000, to remain available until
expended: <proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That for purposes of funds appropriated under this heading, in addition to amounts made available
under section 202(e)(1) of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1722">7 U.S.C. 1722(e)(1)</external-xref>),
of the total amount provided under this heading, $35,000,000 shall be made
available to eligible organizations in accordance with section 202(e)(1)
of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C.
1722(e)(1))
.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HE7988C3F5E88498F9D65B9C352B51A15"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mcgovern-dole international food for
education and child nutrition program grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out the
provisions of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of
2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736o-1">7 U.S.C. 1736o–1</external-xref>), $185,126,000, to remain
available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H2676765BF3224D649B13BD7427572248"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commodity credit corporation export (loans)
credit guarantee program account</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H2B9F2F78B94647F68271FC8D98E1D29F"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfers of
funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For administrative
expenses to carry out the Commodity Credit Corporation's export guarantee
program, GSM 102 and GSM 103, $6,748,000; 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 $6,394,000 shall be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for <quote>Foreign
Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses</quote>, and of which
$354,000 shall be transferred to and merged with
the appropriation for <quote>Farm Service Agency, Salaries and
Expenses</quote>.</text></appropriations-small><enum>VI</enum><appropriations-major commented="no" id="HCDD264AB5F9A4DCD861C0542E5C6A5EE"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Related agency and food and drug
administration</header></appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H7918EA0621C543CFA032EF7BDA0D1C88"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Department of health and human
services</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HEDE308A7B23A43CDBBBAB8282232EFF3"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Food and drug
administration</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HC6B0FA993B8D491C9CCBD59BCEC3A835"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug
Administration, including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for
payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/92/313">Public Law 92–313</external-xref> for
programs and activities of the Food and Drug Administration 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 <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/188">Public Law 107–188</external-xref>;
$4,443,356,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That of the amount provided
under this heading, $798,000,000 shall be
derived from prescription drug user fees authorized by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/379h">21 U.S.C. 379h</external-xref>, and
shall be credited to this account and remain available until expended;
$128,282,000 shall be derived from medical
device user fees authorized by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/379j">21 U.S.C. 379j</external-xref>, and shall be credited to this
account and remain available until expended;
$312,116,000 shall be derived from human generic
drug user fees authorized by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/379j-42">21 U.S.C. 379j–42</external-xref>, and shall be credited to this
account and remain available until expended;
$21,014,000 shall be derived from biosimilar
biological product user fees authorized by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/379j-52">21 U.S.C. 379j–52</external-xref>, and shall be
credited to this account and remain available until expended;
$22,464,000 shall be derived from animal drug
user fees authorized by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/379j-12">21 U.S.C. 379j–12</external-xref>, and shall be credited to this
account and remain available until expended;
$6,944,000 shall be derived from animal generic
drug user fees authorized by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/379j-21">21 U.S.C. 379j–21</external-xref>, and shall be credited to this
account and remain available until expended;
$566,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco
product user fees authorized by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/387s">21 U.S.C. 387s</external-xref>, and shall be credited to this
account and remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That in
addition and notwithstanding any other provision under this heading, amounts
collected for prescription drug user fees, medical device user fees, human
generic drug user fees, biosimilar biological product user fees, animal drug
user fees, and animal generic drug user fees that exceed the respective fiscal
year 2015 limitations are appropriated and shall be credited to this account
and remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
fees derived from prescription drug, medical device, human generic drug,
biosimilar biological product, animal drug, and animal generic drug assessments
for fiscal year 2015, including any such fees collected prior to fiscal year
2015 but credited for fiscal year 2015, shall be subject to the fiscal year
2015 limitations:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the
Secretary may accept payment during fiscal year 2015 of user fees specified
under this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2016, prior to the due date
for such fees, and that amounts of such fees assessed for fiscal year 2016 for
which the Secretary accepts payment in fiscal year 2015 shall not be included
in amounts under this heading:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That of
the total amount appropriated: (1) $903,403,000
shall be for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related field
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2)
$1,339,884,000 shall be for the Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research and related field activities in the Office of
Regulatory Affairs; (3) $342,639,000 shall be
for the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related field
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4)
$174,976,000 shall be for the Center for
Veterinary Medicine and for related field activities in the Office of
Regulatory Affairs; (5) $417,660,000 shall be
for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health and for related field
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6)
$63,331,000 shall be for the National Center for
Toxicological Research; (7) $531,527,000 shall
be for the Center for Tobacco Products and for related field activities in the
Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8) not to exceed
$163,432,000 shall be for Rent and Related
activities, of which $47,116,000 is for White
Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to the General Services
Administration for rent; (9) not to exceed
$228,128,000 shall be for payments to the
General Services Administration for rent; (10) not less than $150,000 shall be used to
implement a requirement that the labeling of genetically engineered salmon
offered for sale to consumers indicate that such salmon
is genetically engineered; and
(11)
$278,376,000 shall be for other activities,
including the Office of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the Office of Foods
and Veterinary Medicine, the Office of Medical and Tobacco Products, the Office
of Global and Regulatory Policy, the Office of Operations, the Office of the
Chief Scientist, and central services for these offices:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, 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: <proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That of the amounts that are made available under this heading for <quote>other activities</quote>, and that are not derived from user fees, $1,500,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the
appropriation for <quote>Department of Health and Human Services—Office of Inspector General</quote> for oversight of the programs and operations of the Food and Drug Administration and shall be in
addition to funds otherwise made available for oversight of the Food and
Drug Administration:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That
funds may be transferred from one specified activity to another with the prior
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idD5EB495DA44144D29D0CC462792DEB51"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition, mammography user fees
authorized by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/263b">42 U.S.C. 263b</external-xref>, export certification user fees authorized by 21
U.S.C. 381, priority review user fees authorized by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/360n">21 U.S.C. 360n</external-xref>, food and feed recall
fees, food reinspection fees, and voluntary qualified importer program
fees authorized by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/379j-31">21 U.S.C. 379j–31</external-xref>, outsourcing facility fees authorized
by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/379j-62">21 U.S.C. 379j–62</external-xref>, prescription drug wholesale distributer licensing
and inspection fees authorized by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/353">21 U.S.C. 353(e)(3)</external-xref>, and third-party
logistics provider licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 U.S.C.
360eee–3(c)(1), shall be
credited to this account, to remain available until
expended.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H8450E56B1A794A9C98C87722B3E82A44"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Buildings and facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For plans, construction, repair,
improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or
facilities of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where not otherwise
provided, $8,788,000, to remain available until
expended.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-major commented="no" id="H277C61D24FAF46D0AF0732A6D1E36EF7"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Independent
agency</header></appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="H1BAA633535954A67BA477213A12D06FE"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Farm credit
administration</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="HFBEFA2858E314325871FB95E10738799"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on administrative
expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not to exceed
$65,100,000 (from assessments collected from
farm credit institutions, including the Federal Agricultural Mortgage
Corporation) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for
administrative expenses as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That this limitation
shall not apply to expenses associated with
receiverships: <proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the agency may exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.</text></appropriations-small><enum>VII</enum><appropriations-major commented="no" id="HFD03EFDBA066488381FD8544B7997A1C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">GENERAL
PROVISIONS</header></appropriations-major><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H2DCEF099D8534656A77779089775F137"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF
FUNDS) </header></appropriations-small><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7A3DEFB31E0D4AB79709A6077B8201C9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>701.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law,
appropriations 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 71 passenger
motor vehicles of which 68 shall be for replacement only, and for the hire
of
such vehicles:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That notwithstanding
this section, the only purchase of new passenger vehicles shall be for
those
determined by the Secretary to be necessary for transportation safety, to
reduce operational costs, and for the protection of life, property, and
public
safety.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H017B277EED1B4451815E6D56B29255B0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>702.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobligated balances of
discretionary funds appropriated by this Act or any other available
unobligated
discretionary balances that are remaining
available 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
benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture, such transferred
funds to remain available until expended:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, 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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>,
That none of the funds transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to
this
section shall be available for obligation without written notification to
and
the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>,
That none of the funds appropriated by this Act or made available to the
Department's Working Capital Fund shall be available for obligation or
expenditure to make any changes to the Department's National Finance
Center
without written notification to and prior approval of the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress as required by section 721 of
this
Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>,
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:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>,
That none of the amounts reserved shall be available for obligation unless
the
Secretary submits written notification of the obligation to the Committees
on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>,
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.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8ECBC2E9424C4D499FD3202D9FA764B3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>703.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal
year
unless expressly so provided herein.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H960AD57D64EA42E6A5A998655DDDA66A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>704.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 institutions
when
such indirect costs are computed on a similar basis for all agencies for
which
appropriations are provided in this Act.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBB813C442B3B464BAC975D400A7C1D52" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>705.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appropriations to the Department of
Agriculture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in
the
current fiscal year shall remain available until expended to disburse
obligations made in the current fiscal year for the following accounts:
the
Rural Development Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrification and
Telecommunication Loans program account, and the Rural Housing Insurance
Fund
program account.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H66FE827C8555467B9645BD28D8C088FA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>706.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made
available by this Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief
Information
Officer without written notification to and the prior approval of the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>,
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.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF9BCA2A114AD4ACB814F1D4BB5A6F101" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>707.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1524">7 U.S.C. 1524(b)</external-xref>) in the current fiscal year
shall
remain available until expended to disburse obligations made in the
current
fiscal year.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0BC38F7B6BEC4A808CFDBF9BE4DEB02E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>708.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hereafter, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, any former RUS borrower that has repaid or prepaid an
insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural Electrification Act of
1936,
or any not-for-profit utility that is eligible to receive an insured or
direct
loan under such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section
313(b)(2)(B) of such Act in the same manner as a borrower under such
Act.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id238C711E37BD4F0F9C7A4D7877795788" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>709.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 section 307(b)
of division C of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 1999 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/277">Public Law 105–277</external-xref>; 112 Stat. 2681–640) in
excess of $4,000,000.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA0774B208AD4296996821F771000228" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>710.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise specifically provided
by law, unobligated balances 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, 2016, for
information technology expenses.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE84B8000951045B782B67D6B277D762D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>711.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture may authorize
a State agency to use funds provided in this Act to exceed the maximum
amount
of liquid infant formula specified in 7 CFR 246.10 when issuing liquid
infant
formula to participants.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0922C21010714697A8B926B599F30FAD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>712.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 Regulations.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H660043679210447083C2F1B31689D31C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>713.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of each program established or
amended by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/79">Public Law 113–79</external-xref>),
other than by title I or subtitle A of title III of such Act, or programs
for
which indefinite amounts were provided in that Act, that is authorized or
required to be carried out using funds of the Commodity Credit
Corporation—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE9D393C2796D4090880E50F022EEAAF1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such funds shall be available for salaries
and related administrative expenses, including technical assistance,
associated
with the implementation of the program, without regard to the limitation
on the
total amount of allotments and fund transfers contained in section 11 of
the
Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/714i">15 U.S.C. 714i</external-xref>); and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B1EB4366FD04589B15BBEEE8CB08B28"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the use of such funds for such purpose
shall not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment for purposes of
applying the limitation on the total amount of allotments and fund
transfers
contained in such section.</text></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6F7FDF51F83D45E780F4BC36FB1E7359" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>714.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in fiscal
year 2015 or preceding fiscal years for programs authorized under the Food
for
Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1691">7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.</external-xref>) 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):
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That any such funds
made available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation shall only be
used
pursuant to section 302(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust
Act.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7847AD2D0D8D4A87BC9C751C41271A46" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>715.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds made available by this Act,
not more than $2,000,000 shall be used to cover
necessary expenses of activities related to all advisory committees,
panels,
commissions, and task forces of the Department of Agriculture, except for
panels used to comply with negotiated rule makings and panels used to
evaluate
competitively awarded grants.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H45BF43C5BDF84A26AC1A63BF3A3AC522" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>716.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds in this Act shall be
available to pay indirect costs charged against any agricultural research,
education, or extension grant awards issued by the National Institute of
Food
and Agriculture that exceed 30 percent of total Federal funds provided
under
each award:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That notwithstanding
section 1462 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Teaching
Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3310">7 U.S.C. 3310</external-xref>), funds provided by this Act for grants
awarded competitively by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture
shall
be available to pay full allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded
under
section 9 of the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/638">15 U.S.C. 638</external-xref>).</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id190E36680A65479F883447C34A3ED8EB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>717.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For loans and loan guarantees that do not
require budget authority and the program level has been established in
this
Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may increase the program level for such
loans
and loan guarantees by not more than 25 percent:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That prior to the
Secretary implementing such an increase, the Secretary notifies, in
writing,
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 15
days in
advance.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCB4ABB23EF5348289DC3147F6C7FC876" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>718.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H84FA51422EDF466797502D29B9787994"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Watershed Rehabilitation program
authorized by section 14(h)(1) of the Watershed Protection and Flood
Prevention
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1012">16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)</external-xref>);</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7336264486D543978B01CE2F911A94CA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Environmental Quality Incentives
Program as authorized by sections 1240–1240H of the Food Security Act of
1985
(16 U.S.C. 3839aa–3839aa–8) in excess of
$1,350,000,000. Of the funds available under section 1241(a)(5)(B) of such
Act, $136,000,000 are hereby permanently cancelled.</text></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA8493E1A373147C68CB27D98CA01D76B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>719.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 a program under
subsection (b)(2)(A)(vii) of section 14222 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/246">Public Law 110–246</external-xref> in excess
of $959,000,000, as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement
Commodities—$465,000,000; State Option Contracts—$5,000,000; Removal of
Defective Commodities—$2,500,000:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That none of the funds made available in this Act or any other Act shall be used for salaries and
expenses to carry out in this fiscal year section 19(i)(1)(E) of the
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, as amended, except in an
amount that excludes the transfer of $122,000,000 of the funds to be
transferred under subsection (c) of section 14222 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/246">Public Law 110–246</external-xref>,
until October 1, 2015:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>,
That $122,000,000 made available on October 1, 2015, to carry out section
19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, as
amended,
shall be excluded from the limitation described in subsection
(b)(2)(A)(viii) of section 14222 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/246">Public Law 110–246</external-xref>:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>,
That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or
any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries or expenses of any
employee of the Department of Agriculture or officer of the Commodity
Credit Corporation to carry out clause 3 of section 32 of the Agricultural
Adjustment Act of 1935 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/74/320">Public Law 74–320</external-xref>, <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/612c">7 U.S.C. 612c</external-xref>, as amended), or
for any surplus removal activities or price support activities under
section 5 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>,
That of the available unobligated balances under (b)(2)(A)(vii) of section
14222 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/246">Public Law 110–246</external-xref>, $203,000,000 are hereby rescinded.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDCA360F32BC34925A01742153FD11AFF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>720.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 Subcommittees 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 additional spending
reductions should occur in the event the user fees proposals are not
enacted
prior to the date of the convening of a committee of conference for the
fiscal
year 2016 appropriations Act.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD397E857F3F842C4BD56E7B738F6E716" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>721.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD1FB8E2BE6EB4ECCB823EB1E701783D8"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 through a reprogramming, transfer
of
funds, or reimbursements as authorized by the Economy Act, or in the case
of
the Department of Agriculture, through use of the authority provided by
section
702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.
2257) or
section 8 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/89/106">Public Law 89–106</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2263">7 U.S.C. 2263</external-xref>), that—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD43473CE9684823A985E2DAA9C53ADE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">creates new programs;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8007A8375BE84B72B410FEFA926B6310"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">eliminates a program, project, or
activity;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAF79740432B246CCBD6AB2870F6B1869"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increases funds or personnel by any means
for any project or activity for which funds have been denied or
restricted;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5A93EE1F20B246448DCE5EBA81829524"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">relocates an office or employees;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F0AD37E8AB9455BBC4518504DB908EB"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reorganizes offices, programs, or
activities; or</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H217921007A594AB5BC96FE1F4EDBEE43"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contracts out or privatizes any functions
or activities presently performed by Federal employees;</text></paragraph><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="subsection">unless the Secretary of Agriculture
or the Secretary of Health and Human Services (as the case may be)
notifies, in
writing, the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at
least
30 days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds or the use of such
authority.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF31E94D8B0E344CA937A2518D4DB09FF"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 reprogramming or use of the authorities referred to in
subsection (a)
involving funds in excess of $500,000 or 10
percent, whichever is less, that—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3A7E2E9B92634A4592D62382CC2B17E4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">augments existing programs, projects, or
activities;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H32AC3C650FFE4A02B9756B87F31A3AA1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reduces by 10 percent funding for any
existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10
percent
as approved by Congress; or</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6991C8823A91477BBC59B8039AD62EE9"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 Secretary of
Agriculture or the Secretary of Health and Human Services (as the case may
be)
notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress at least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming or transfer of
such
funds or the use of such authority.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H598C78C1187247A7B77AA14B4F9DC8A3"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture or the
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall notify in writing the
Committees
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress before implementing any
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.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAFAA3C864FE648FAAC0AECE7AB305075"><enum>(d)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As described in this section, no funds may
be used for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the
Secretary
of Health and Human Services receives from the Committee on Appropriations
of
both Houses of Congress written or electronic mail confirmation of receipt
of
the notification as required in this section.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCCE3785378104D08A6529CB63F7B9D7B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>722.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1932">7 U.S.C. 1932(g)(5)</external-xref>), the
Secretary may assess a one-time fee for any guaranteed business and
industry
loan in an amount that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed
principal
portion of the loan.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1025CF3178BA446881E0D00081740F3B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>723.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available to the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug
Administration, or the Farm Credit Administration shall be used to
transmit or otherwise make available to
any
non-Department of Agriculture, non-Department of Health and Human
Services, or non-Farm Credit Administration
employee questions or responses to questions that are a result of
information
requested for the appropriations hearing process.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9C86CBB9FD104263B8A732F08AAE6B89" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>724.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 prepackaged news story that
the
prepackaged news story was prepared or funded by that executive branch
agency.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H739C59DE781642FAAD24D22779BCF164" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>725.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 assignment.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H183239EDC87B44B9A863314EAD15EE0A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>726.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated
$1,996,000 to carry out section 1621 of Public
Law 110–246.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HECC38D7113C8491D9058BFBB7CD7C8C2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>727.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated
$600,000 for the purposes of section 727 of
division A of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/55">Public Law 112–55</external-xref>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H127262F4221C422B897998AF5777C4C7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>728.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Commissioner of
the
Food and Drug Administration, and the Chairman of the Farm Credit
Administration shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of
Representatives and the Senate a detailed spending plan by program,
project,
and activity for the funds made available under this Act, as outlined
under the heading <quote>Program, Project, and Activity</quote> in the report accompanying this Act.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57D3A68DD72B43F59C2F80EE0291261C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>729.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hereafter, the Secretary may charge a fee
for lenders to access Department loan guarantee systems in connection with
such
lenders’ participation in loan guarantee programs of the Rural Housing
Service:
<proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the funds
collected from such fees shall be made available to the Secretary without
further appropriation and such funds shall be deposited into the Rural
Development Salaries and Expense Account and shall remain available until
expended for obligation and expenditure by the Secretary for
administrative
expenses of the Rural Housing Service Loan Guarantee Program in addition
to
other available funds:
<proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>,
That such fees collected shall not exceed $50
per loan.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7ca40055f6a34f2eae5da0b4fdb5eb27" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>730.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to amounts otherwise made
available by this Act and notwithstanding the last sentence of 16 U.S.C.
1310,
there is appropriated $4,000,000, to remain
available until expended, to implement non-renewable agreements on
eligible lands, including
flooded
agricultural lands, as determined by the Secretary, under the Water Bank
Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1301">16 U.S.C. 1301–1311</external-xref>).</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idde34ec04712142689dc0b227c80753e1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>731.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id50e27562c071451a9a8cc606bc63b4a0"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture and the
Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration shall submit annual
reports to
the Inspector General or senior ethics official for any entity without an
Inspector General, regarding the costs and contracting procedures related
to
each conference held by any such Department, agency, board, commission, or
office during fiscal year 2015 for which the cost to the United States
Government was more than $100,000.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf7f133efe3b74845a7d749f8eae59abc"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each report submitted shall include, for
each conference described in subsection (a) held during the applicable
period—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8acabf61e8fd4213a2f4941d188dd770"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of its purpose;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb4b6894b494c4271aa03a77c47a603d4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of participants
attending;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc348b049d9fb4e709fbb9877fa8f30fc"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a detailed statement of the costs to the
United States Government, including—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida1654c70289349f8961aef6b744b1ae3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the cost of any food or beverages;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8a775c127e9c4d85888ca3ac7165a2fd"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the cost of any audio-visual
services;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9c9774cc725f4518b2b050fa1f0c8898"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the cost of employee or contractor travel
to and from the conference; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcfaf3ffe868b490cb1846aef3e96bed9"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a discussion of the methodology used to
determine which costs relate to the conference; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9c9e93c56a89462ab4b5257b349328db"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the contracting procedures
used including—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53f825ac1c8e4798a1bdec05323b74c4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether contracts were awarded on a
competitive basis; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaee9a3e2f96848e3bfe7a4e8e6fb5422"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a discussion of any cost comparison
conducted by the departmental component or office in evaluating potential
contractors for the conference.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id193a28e07e6043ccaa3b82858e46883b"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within 15 days of the date of a conference
held by any executive branch department, agency, board, commission, or
office
funded by this Act during fiscal year 2015 for which the cost to the
United
States Government was more than $20,000, the
head of any such Department, agency, board, commission, or office shall
notify
the Inspector General or senior ethics official for any entity without an
Inspector General, of the date, location, and number of employees
attending
such conference.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7197781267944fe38df0cd29bac0f06d"><enum>(d)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A grant or contract funded by amounts
appropriated by this Act to an executive branch agency may not be used for
the
purpose of defraying the costs of a conference described in subsection (c)
that
is not directly and programmatically related to the purpose for which the
grant
or contract was awarded, such as a conference held in connection with
planning,
training, assessment, review, or other routine purposes related to a
project
funded by the grant or contract.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9f5e50339b9046eb97286b2098a102a8"><enum>(e)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used for travel and conference activities that are not in
compliance
with Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 dated May 11,
2012.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idee2fe25f9a344981a8dac5dc029e7132" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>732.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id4534d6430fc84d3480eccd4a8a75305d"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Health and Human Services, on behalf of the United States may hereafter, whenever
the Secretary deems desirable, relinquish to the State of Arkansas all or
part of the jurisdiction of the United States over the lands and
properties encompassing the Jefferson Labs campus in the State of Arkansas
that are under the supervision or control of the Secretary.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id933aa9eb76a14852bdb4717a55052909"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Terms</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Relinquishment of jurisdiction under this section may be accomplished, under terms and conditions
that the Secretary deems advisable—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33cdb5f44b5d437b9e76a58e57da22ff"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by filing with the Governor of the State of Arkansas a notice of relinquishment to take effect upon
acceptance thereof; or</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idae63391121454a09bf426687535bb764"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as the laws of such State may otherwise provide.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd8689753627849b1a6a045a2d781ae35"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>Jefferson Labs campus</term> means the lands and properties of the National Center for Toxicological Research and the Arkansas
Regional Laboratory.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfce9316f18b4446e94098d2f4df30161"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agreement regarding jefferson county technology research and commercialization center</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4ce8a05fea0e498d9d2c04da81577b96"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may hereafter enter into an agreement with the State of Arkansas or an agency of such
State or a public or private entity with respect to the establishment or
operation of a technology research and commercialization center in
Jefferson County, Arkansas, proximate to the Jefferson Labs campus.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc83ac73f3c5f47bd9d9f37615d3d0997"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Receipt and expenditure of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pursuant to such agreement, the Secretary may hereafter receive and retain funds from such entity
and use such funds, in addition to such other funds as are made available
by this act or future acts for the operation of the National Center for
Toxicological Research, for the purposes listed in paragraph (3). Funds
received from such entity shall be deemed to be appropriated for such
purposes and shall remain available until expended.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5b5f4ac050064508b11c50807ab9d572"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purposes</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8de4ab5dccd3485199ea497432b0ae5c"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds described by paragraph (2) shall be available to defray—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide69699e071fd4daca72ee8470ba4cf2c"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the costs of creating, upgrading, and maintaining connections between such center and roads,
communications facilities, and utilities that are on the Jefferson Labs
campus; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1cc080cbc3bf4628851b68dab62f85dc"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the costs of upgrades, relocation, repair, and new constructions of roads, communications
facilities, and utilities on such campus as may be necessary for such
agreement.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide00a319130f84d1396eaece94688e90d"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other acts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this and any subsequent Act, the operation of the National Center for Toxicological
Research shall be deemed to include the purposes listed in subparagraph
(A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBA60C2C2CEFA42079EDF144668DF81BE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>733.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall set aside for Rural Economic Area Partnership (REAP) Zones, until August 15,
2015, an amount of funds made available in title III as follows: (a) with
respect to funds under the headings of Rural Housing Insurance Fund
Program Account, Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants, Rural Community
Facilities Program Account, Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account,
and Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account the set aside shall
equal the amount obligated in REAP Zones with respect to funds provided
under such headings during the 2008 fiscal year; and (b) with respect to
funds under the headings of Rural Business Program Account, and Rural
Housing Assistance Grants the set aside shall equal the amount obligated
in REAP Zones with respect to funds provided under such headings in the
most recent fiscal year funds were obligated under the heading.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE1B57D6EC9764221AB6C27854FB27ADA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>734.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In response to an eligible community where the drinking water supplies are inadequate due to a
natural disaster, as determined by the Secretary, including drought or
severe weather, the Secretary may provide potable water through the
Emergency Community Water Assistance Grant Program for an additional
period of time not to exceed 120 days beyond the established period
provided under the Program in order to protect public health.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF7E63E6D7C58479A852C30DD858E26F8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>735.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hereafter, none of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act may be used to carry out section
401 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/679a">21 U.S.C. 679a</external-xref>) or section 30 of
the Poultry Products Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/471">21 U.S.C. 471</external-xref>).</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id08D54266472C45C984FE52F2819A4905" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>736.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary’s designees are hereby granted the same access to
information and subject to the same requirements applicable to the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as provided in section 453(j)
of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/653">42 U.S.C. 653(j)</external-xref>) and section
6103(l)(7)(D)(ix) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C.
6103(l)(7)(D)(ix)) to verify the income for individuals participating in
sections 502, 504, or 521 of the Housing Act of 1949 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1472">42 U.S.C. 1472</external-xref>,
1474, and 1490a).</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD7EFC8F8E1574E6AB5E42E654F07C786" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>737.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the <quote>Nonrecurring expenses fund</quote> (the Fund): <proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That unobligated balances of expired discretionary funds appropriated in this or any succeeding
fiscal year from the General Fund of the Treasury to the Department of
Agriculture (except the Forest Service) by this or any other Act may be
transferred (not later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the
last fiscal year for which such funds are available for the purposes for
which appropriated) into the Fund: <proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That amounts deposited in the Fund shall be available until expended, and in addition to such
other funds as may be available for such purposes, for capital acquisition
necessary for the operation of the Department of Agriculture, including
facilities infrastructure and information technology infrastructure,
subject to approval by the Office of Management and Budget: <proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That amounts in the Fund may be obligated only after the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in
advance of the planned use of funds.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE7EDEE4DC12744279CD9932BA9E2614F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>738.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated for the “Emergency Watershed Protection Program”, $109,978,000, to
remain
available until expended; for the <quote>Emergency Forestry Restoration Program</quote>,
$15,000,000, to remain available until expended; and for the <quote>Emergency
Conservation Program</quote>, $11,755,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That $85,000,000 made available for the <quote>Emergency Watershed Protection Program</quote> and $15,000,000
made available for the <quote>Emergency Forestry Restoration Program</quote> under this
section are for necessary expenses resulting from a major disaster
declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5121">42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.</external-xref>), and are designated by the
Congress as being for disaster
relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id256F2A48DC544235B934A4184257EA6F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>739.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, within 180 days of enactment, shall conduct a pre-hearing, public information
session patterned on Part 900 of the CFR to consider proposals developed
within the Department or submitted by interested persons of alternatives
to end product pricing formulae: <proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That following this pre-hearing process, the Secretary retains discretion over whether to proceed
to a full, formal hearing: <proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That should the Secretary decide at the conclusion of the pre-hearing process not to proceed to a
formal hearing, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee
within 60 days of that decision setting forth in detail the rationale for
that decision.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE44EDC7B850D4A5B9E07B6685C631239" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>740.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to pay for the painting of a portrait of
an officer or employee of the Federal Government, including the President,
the Vice President, a Member of Congress (including a Delegate or a
Resident Commissioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch agency
(as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/133">section 133</external-xref> of title 41, United States Code), or the head
of an office of the legislative branch.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id874EE53EF213463A8B9728EA34C77A02" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>741.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall report to the Committee on rural housing loans provided under section 502 of
the Housing Act of 1949 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1472">42 U.S.C. 1472</external-xref>), for each of the five preceding
years, including:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id82A2F2D2B55C49BBAEEDFBFB4573F00D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total number of loans provided by the Secretary that are equal to or more than $500,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC11EDA6660554C72993E1BECDCF35F11"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total number of guarantees provided by the Secretary on loans with an original principal
obligation that is equal to or more than $500,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDA55A4B3C59A4BD5BF6985597602277D"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the location, including the city and State, of each property for which the Secretary provided such
a loan or loan guarantee; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7A009AB0A3F74D9A82E67475AF2AFFAD"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of loans and loan guarantees that have resulted in losses to the Secretary as a result
of defaults, and the total amount of such losses.</text></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6AFF8443557747B39363B5C15FF4E20F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>742.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for other than coach-class transportation
accommodations (within the meaning given that term under the Federal
Travel Regulation) by an agency that fails to submit the report relating
to the use of other than coach-class transportation accommodations by the
agency required under subpart B of part 300–70 of the Federal Travel
Regulation for fiscal year 2015.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4738899FCCF04051B221D539C9C9B686" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>743.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the unobligated balances provided pursuant to section 12033 and section 15101 of the Food,
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, $125,000,000 are hereby rescinded.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA7FD6C46EB2746D0B00B9E83E7F7101E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>744.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idB9EA0C1F43B24517A5CEE256DC34E373"><enum>(a)</enum><text>The Senate finds that—</text><paragraph id="id17d0eb19771c4595a4b16d30e18c6348"><enum>(1)</enum><text>October 20, 2014, marks the twentieth anniversary of the signing into law of the Equity in
Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/301">7 U.S.C. 301</external-xref> note; Public Law
103–382), which granted Federal land-grant status to Tribal Colleges and
Universities (TCUs) known as the 1994 land-grant institutions;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idab56c8c7ffe34b6ea33e45d94e6ac587"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Equity in Educational Land Grant Status Act of 1994 addresses the essential need for Native
Americans to explore and adopt new and evolving technologies for managing
tribal land, with the hope of continued improvement of reservation land;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id404c8b7788f848b8aa88ebfd67e00b73"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the extension programs of the 1994 land-grant institutions strengthen communities through outreach
programs designed to bolster economic development, community resources,
family and youth development, natural resources development, agriculture,
and health and nutrition education;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8cc94673f17a485694b88f3ef2445f65"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the 1994 land-grant institutions are helping to address the epidemic rates of diabetes and
cardiovascular disease that plague Indian reservations through the
promotion of healthful food systems and food science and nutrition
education programs; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbb912e534dc0446294efa91ba8e070c4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the mission and successes of the 1994 land-grant institutions deserve national recognition.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id10dd01f57d0b4620b5e16c68fe209dc1"><enum>(b)</enum><text>It is the sense of the Senate that—</text><paragraph id="ida5f45be58d4c42ebbbd45920f23d59a7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the outstanding contributions of the 1994 land-grant institutions to the work of the great
land-grant system of the United States should be recognized;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc2dde4b9d310488dbe3c5da3dced8a55"><enum>(2)</enum><text>expanded collaboration and cooperation within the land-grant system is encouraged to advance and
sustain academic and community programs that serve all people of the
United States; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf0fea2a4b48948c1a019a3628401650e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the people of the United States are encouraged to observe and celebrate the twentieth anniversary
of the signing into law of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act
of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/301">7 U.S.C. 301</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/382">Public Law 103–382</external-xref>), including efforts to
advance the growth and sustainability of the 1994 land-grant institutions
and communities served by those institutions.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id148C7D33AE9E4CDAB56F98C006D80962"><enum>745.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id83EE2C9AD15A4672AB02166FE098D973"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to exclude or restrict, or to
pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to exclude or restrict, the
eligibility of any variety of fresh, whole, or cut vegetables, except for
vegetables with added sugars, fats, or oils, from being provided under the
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
under section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1786">42 U.S.C. 1786</external-xref>).</text></subsection><subsection id="iddbf39bc8107644b8a8cc21638bf07296"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Within 90 days of enactment of this Act the Secretary shall commence the next scheduled regular
review of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants,
and Children food package, including the nutrient value of all fresh
fruits and vegetables.</text></subsection><subsection id="id5b059ab47ea544b99b954dcc27033518"><enum>(c)</enum><text>If the review in subsection (b) recommends that a fresh fruit or vegetable shall be eligible for
purchase under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,
Infants, and Children, none of the funds made available under this or any
other subsequent Act may be used to exclude or restrict the eligibility of
that variety of fresh fruit or vegetable, except for a fruit or vegetable
with added sugars, fats, or oils, from being provided under the Special
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children under
section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1786">42 U.S.C. 1786</external-xref>).</text></subsection><subsection id="ide9fa8b0002d54d16980dc787a7695fe7"><enum>(d)</enum><text>If the review in subsection (b) recommends that any fresh fruit or vegetable shall not be available
for purchase under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,
Infants, and Children, subsection (a) shall expire upon the publication of
the regularly scheduled review in the Federal Register.</text></subsection><subsection id="id7ef01b8d694f4a0689cf7a1987abc6e6"><enum>(e)</enum><text>The Secretary shall explain the results of the review conducted under subsection (b) in a report to
the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry and the House
Committee on Education and Workforce, and the Committees on Appropriations
in both Houses of Congress within 120 days after completion.</text></subsection></section><section id="id022C8F8CF6B34F48BA1EEBEFE42FD830"><enum>746.</enum><text>None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of
personnel—</text><paragraph id="id06e607953fc24bfdbe11a6688f2b9447"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to inspect horses under section 3 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/603">21 U.S.C. 603</external-xref>);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6cfaa039116c415c9a73b30edf12e34c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to inspect horses under section 903 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1901">7 U.S.C. 1901</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/127">Public Law 104–127</external-xref>); or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idad239833a054433388661f0327b423e1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to implement or enforce <external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/9/352.19">section 352.19</external-xref> of title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor
regulation).</text></paragraph></section><section id="id7B053C7C41514D408DAF3B62B7AC87C8"><enum>747.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id48714EE1632C4573A21C879F87138405"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act shall be used to implement,
or to pay the salaries and expenses of
personnel to implement, any regulations under the Richard B. Russell
<act-name parsable-cite="NSLA">National School Lunch Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C.
1751 et seq.), the <act-name parsable-cite="CNA66">Child
Nutrition Act of 1966</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 1771 et
seq.), the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010
(<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/296">Public Law 111–296</external-xref>), or any other law that would require a reduction in the
quantity of sodium contained in federally reimbursed meals and snacks
below Target 1 (as described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/220">section 220.8(f)(3)</external-xref> of title 7, Code of
Federal Regulations (or successor regulations)) until scientific research
supports the reduction for children.</text></subsection><subsection id="idC124344AC83C424F99ADC250E4E2CB8D"><enum>(b)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idEB455CB719A24A45928482BB9DAEF2FE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall
submit to Congress a report that assesses whether there is an acceptable
range of whole grain products currently available to allow schools to plan
menus that are compliant with the whole grain requirements in effect as of
July 1, 2014, as described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/210">section 210.10</external-xref> of title 7, Code of Federal
Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id814591515BDD4A8EB676849DFB3A7B6B" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If under paragraph (1), the Secretary determines a whole grain product to be of insufficient
quantity or unacceptable quality, the Secretary shall identify alternative
products that would be considered to meet the requirements until such time
as the Secretary determines that whole grain products are of sufficient
quantity and quality.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id18CB3E62AF2B4D2495609A5669F2DB39"><enum>(c)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id21A37E6A442943EF99577FF4193EB294"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall
submit to Congress a report that contains a comprehensive plan to provide
enhanced training and technical assistance to schools, school food
authorities, and State agencies to meet the requirements of the final rule
entitled <quote>Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs</quote> (77 Fed. Reg. 4088; January 26, 2012).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9C2939E045DE427D8B84FF0DC63F89B4" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The plan shall include strategies to help schools reduce plate waste and maintain or improve
participation in the school lunch program established under the Richard B.
Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1751">42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.</external-xref>) and the school
breakfast program established by section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of
1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1773">42 U.S.C. 1773</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H83ECFDACB89944DC9A5CBD6D2ABAC45A"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the
<quote><short-title>Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2015</short-title></quote>.</text></appropriations-small>May 22, 2014Read twice and placed on the calendar